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The Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI) Bilateral Migration Projections project bilateral migration flows at 5-year intervals from 2015 to 2050 for a combination of 2 sets of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) scenarios and 3 sets of Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) scenarios. The unit of analysis for the projections are directed migration corridors from an origin country to a receiving country in the African continent. There are 46 African countries and thus 2,070 unique directed corridors. These data underpin the African Shifts Report, produced by the ACMI and enabled by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM). The ACMI was launched in September 2021 as a joint initiative of the GCCM, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations System (UN), and the World Bank.

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Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 37.21 S: -34.51 E: 51.27 W: -17.33
Geographic Region
CAPE VERDE,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
AFRICA,
ALGERIA,
ANGOLA,
BENIN,
BOTSWANA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMEROON,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
EGYPT,
ERITREA,
ESWATINI,
ETHIOPIA,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GHANA,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
KENYA,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
NAMIBIA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
RWANDA,
SENEGAL,
SIERRA LEONE,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH SUDAN,
SUDAN,
TANZANIA,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
UGANDA,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-01-01 to 2050-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3540910107-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, & Global Center For Climate Mobility-GCCM. (2024). Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI): Bilateral Migration Projections [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/4JB8-E177 Date Accessed: 2025-06-19

Additional Citation

Amakrane, K., S. Rosengaertner, N. P. Simpson, A. de Sherbinin, J. Linekar, C. Horwood, B. Jones, F. Cottier, S. Adamo, B. Mills, G. Yetman, T. Chai-Onn, J. Squires, J. Schewe, B. Frouws, and R. Forin. 2023. African Shifts: The Africa Climate Mobility Report, Addressing Climate-Forced Migration & Displacement. New York: Global Centre for Climate Mobility. https://africa.climatemobility.org/report

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