Asia, Mongolia. In the photo, 29-year-old Erdene Tuya hauls a sheep lost for the dzud to a small burial ground close to their yurt (gher). In Mongolia's Arkhangai province, the Tsamba family lives on the edge, struggling through harsh winters alongside their herd of sheep. Severe winter conditions, known as Dzud, have been responsible for the deaths of half the family's once 2,000-strong herd over the past three winters. Recently, in search of warmer pastures, the Tsambas moved from Bulgan province in the north to this region near a central Mongolian village called Ulziit. Only in 2010, during one of the harsher Dzuds, more than 8 million sheep, cows, horses and camels died in Mongolia so around 20.000 herdsmen had no choice but to migrate towards Ulan Bator.

Asia, Mongolia. Erdene Tuya together with her 3 years old son called Tuvchinj (he hugs a young sheep which sleeps with them) just wake up. In Mongolia's Arkhangai province, the Tsamba family lives on the edge, struggling through harsh winters alongside their herd of sheep. Severe winter conditions, known as dzud, have been responsible for the deaths of half the family's once 2,000-strong herd over the past three winters. Recently, in search of warmer pastures, the Tsambas moved from Bulgan province in the north to this region near a central Mongolian village called Ulziit. Only in 2010, during one of the harsher Dzuds, more than 8 million sheep, cows, horses and camels died in Mongolia so around 20.000 herdsmen had no choice but to migrate towards Ulan Bator.

Asia, Mongolia, Ulan Bator. A man walking on the streets of the Gher District, in the background some modern buildings. In Mongolia half of the population live on top of each other in the capital, which has over one million, two hundred thousand citizens. Half of them live in the slum which have developed around the city known as “Gher district” taking its name from the trditional Mongolian tend called gher and spread all around the city. In the last 20 years, the population of the capital has doubled: this recent environmental migration has brought with it a high level of unemployment, poverty and inhumane social conditions. The Gher district has in fact developed without any urban planning, running water or electricity; so, the herdsmen, forced to abandon the rural areas, arrive in the city after a lifetime spent in the pastures, are untrained to take on any kind of work, and end up living a life of hardship.

Asia, Mongolia, Ulaan Baator. 07/03/2011. At the garbage dump in Ulaan Baator, many environmental migrants find their first job in the city: collecting scrap bits and selling them for money.

Asia, Mongolia, Ulan Bator. Jigjjav family taken in the space of few meters square under the staircase where they live. In the small room the former shepherd Argalshikhan Jigjjav and his pregnant daugther Dyun Erdene, 26 years old and his nephew Aztardal 4 years old is playing on the stair. They used to live with in Gobi-Ugtaal in the Dunggobi province, but during the Dzud they lost their 150 animals and, therefore, they decided to move to the city. Argalshikhan Jigjjav has been a shepherd for all his life and he is not able to find any king of job in Ulan Bator.

Bangladesh, Dhaka. The city is considered to be the fastest-growing city in the world. Dhaka has a population of 14 million which is expected to increase to 50 million by 2050. Dhaka has over 300,000 newcomers entering the city each year.

Bangladesh, Dhaka. Abdul,17 is sleeping on the bed. He lives together with his family in a small room in the slum of Baunia. They decided to emigrate to Dhaka one year ago after the River Meghna submerged and washed away his village called Bapari Kande in the district of Chandpur. His father used to be a fisherman but now works as a night watchman. His father had two boats and some land and could keep his family and send his children to school, while now Abdul is working in a garment factory 12 hours a day for 3000 thaka (around 30 euro).

Bangladesh, Dhaka. View of Kawran bazar slum where hundreds of people live alongside the railway lines

Bangladesh, Satkhira district. Mr. Anisuzzaman together with some neighbours outside his home in the village of Debnagar. Here the river has flooded its banks every year for the past nine years and the people are used to living under floodwater for five months a year.

Ethiopia, Seis village, along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border. In the area where the Ethiopian Marille tribe lives, tens of animals die on a daily basis because of the absence of rainfalls. In the picture an exhausted cow is dying because of the continuous lack of rainfalls; she has nothing to eat and drink.

Kenya, Turkana Region, Lobei village. Loduung Elimlin, a 50 years old shepherd from the Turkana tribe, photographed with his machine-gun. He’s been involved in many fights with the neighbouring Pokot tribe for the control over the limited quantity of grazing land and water supplies. He’s been shot off twice; the first time on his hand (he’s lost two fingers), the second time on his arm.

Nairobi, Kenya. Rose working outside her mud hut in Kibera; she earns some money washing clothes for the reach inhabitants of Nairobi centre. Rose and her two kids, in the hut where they live in Kibera. Rose, 34 years old. She is from the Amagoru village, in the Turkana province, one of the areas that suffered the most from the drought. She decided to immigrate to Nairobi with her husband and their six children after all her animals have died of hunger and thirst. A few months after she arrived in the Kibera slum, her husband left her by herself: he didn’t want to live in such a misery. Rose was left alone with six children to feed: the youngest of them is 2 years old, the oldest is 13. Rose only has occasional jobs and her kids often need to pick up metal bits in the Nairobi landfills, and sell them to help their mom.

Kenya, Turkana Region. A drained water well in a territory which is almost totally deserted, it is the only spring of drinking water for thousands of people. Fear for tribal fights for the control over the limited quantity of grazing land and water supplies, the drought and the lack of future perspectives led many people leaving the region and immigrate to the slums of Nairobi.

Ethiopia, Seis village, along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border. These villages’ inhabitants are exhausted because of the continuous lack of rainfalls; they have nothing to eat or drink. Elders and children are those who suffer the most from famine and that risk dying because of their poverty. This shot shows a man struggling to stand on his feet and the signs of famine are not visible on his skeletal body.

Haiti, Artibonite department,2015. In the surrounding of the city of Les Gonaives, in the village of Passereines, a man is taking out roots from the field in order to make charcoal. Once there no trees anymore the charcoal makers take out the only is left: roots. Haiti is considered to be one of the most deforested countries in the world. Soil erosion and deforestation are endemic in Haiti and this make the country very vulnerable to the effect of climate change and to the extreme weather events such as heavy rains and cyclones. In the background a mountain which is half deforested. The man in the picture is Gustave, 56 years old, he makes charcoal from when he is 20 years old and this is the only work he is able to do: he is not aware on the consequences of deforestation. He has a piece of land but he is not able to grow vegetables because of the lack of rain and consequently drought.

Bangladesh, Dhaka. Golape, 22 years old, taken at night together with her son in the Kawran bazar slum. She moved to Dhaka after her house was swallowed up by the river Konkso.

Asia, Mongolia. Erdene Tuya, 29 years old, is pushing out from her gher a sheep which wants to get in, looking for a warmer place. In the backgound some dead sheep. In Mongolia's Arkhangai province, the Tsamba family lives on the edge, struggling through harsh winters alongside their herd of sheep. Severe winter conditions, known as dzud, have been responsible for the deaths of half the family's once 2,000-strong herd over the past three winters. Recently, in search of warmer pastures, the Tsambas moved from Bulgan province in the north to this region near a central Mongolian village called Ulziit. Only in 2010, during one of the harsher Dzuds, more than 8 million sheep, cows, horses and camels died in Mongolia so around 20.000 herdsmen had no choice but to migrate towards Ulan Bator.

Asia, Mongolia. Ulan Bator, view of the Gher District. In Mongolia half of the population live on top of each other in the capital, which has over one million, two hundred thousand citizens. Half of them live in the slum developed around the city known as “Gher District” taking its name from the traditional Mongolian tent called gher and spread all around the city. In the last 20 years, the population of the capital has doubled: this recent environmental migration has brought with it a high level of unemployment, poverty and inhumane social conditions. The Gher District has in fact developed without any urban planning, running water or electricity; so, the herdsmen, forced to abandon the rural areas, arrive in the city after a lifetime spent in the pastures, are untrained to take on any kind of work, and end up living a life of hardship. Only in 2010, during one of the harsher Dzuds, more than 8 million sheep, cows, horses and camels died in Mongolia so around 20.000 herdsmen had no choice but to migrate towards Ulan Bator.

Asia, Mongolia, Ulan Bator. Ganbaatar 28 years old, former shepherd, in his yut (gher) with his son. He decided to move to the city after the Dzud (extremely hard Mongolian winter) killed his 300 sheep. He used to live with his wife in the Gobi Altai province. Since the last 3 years he has been living in the Gher District in Ulaan Baator. He his together with his son who is suffering from a neurological disease and is not able to move his body. Ganbaatar doesn’t have any job or enough money to pay for his son medical care. Mongolia is an extremely poor country: 20% of the population live on 1,25 dollars a day and 30% suffer from malnutrition.

Mexico, Tabasco. 29/09/2016. A Honduran migrant walking along a path to reach the Mexican city of Tenosique after illegally crossing the Guatemala border. This is the first leg of their long and dangerous journey north to the United States; according to local organizations there are approximately 20,000 migrants who, along this route - every year - are victims of murder, robbery, kidnapping and rape.

Mexico, Chiapas. 24/09/2016. A group of illegal Central American migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, walking along the railway tracks in the outskirts of the Mexican city of Huixtla, in the state of Chiapas. After illegally crossing the Mexico / Guatemala border their goal is to walk for about 400 kms along the railway line to reach the city of Ixtepec, where they will be able to take the freight train, nicknamed “The Beast” by the migrants because it is extremely dangerous, in order to continue their journey north to the United States in a faster way. This group of migrants does not have food or water and some of them, exhausted by fatigue and blisters, had to leave the dangerous route controlled by violent bandits and drug traffic cartels. With the American presidential elections and the announcements made during the election campaign by Donald Trump wanting to reinforce the border and build new sections of wall, the number of migrants undertaking their dangerous trip towards the USA increased exponentially. In August, September and October 2016, the three months preceding the presidential elections of 4th November, along the Southwest border with Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol has captured more migrants than the same period in each of the past five years (source U.S. Customs and Border Protection).

Mexico, Chiapas. 21/09/2016 A group of undocumented Central American migrants rafting across the Suchiate River, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala, illegally entering Mexico near the town of Talismàn. This is the first leg of their long and dangerous journey north to the United States; according to local organizations there are approximately 20,000 migrants who, along this route - every year - are victims of murder, robbery, kidnapping and rape.

Mexico, Chihuahua, Ciudad de Juarez. 03/10/2016. The border between Mexico and the United States of America seen from the outskirts of the Mexican city of Ciudad de Juarez where the US authorities are continuing construction of the border fence between the two countries. The United Nations estimate that every year more than 3 million people attempt to immigrate illegally into the United States through its southern border.

Mexico, Baja California,Tijuana. 11/10/2016. The wall between Mexico and the United States of America seen from the Mexican city of Tijuana. The crosses are in memory of the migrants who died trying to cross the border illegally. From 2000 to today, according to International Organization for Migration, more than 6,000 migrants have lost their lives trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States of America.

Mexico, Sonora, Caborca. 08/10/2016. Illegal Central American migrants resting and washing their clothes at the immigrant shelter of Caborca, a town in the state of Sonora. There are many shelters like this one all along the migrant routes crossing Mexico, managed both by the Catholic Church or by ordinary citizens; they house and feed migrants during their stops on their route towards the U.S. border.

Mexico, Baja California, Tijuana. 13/10/2016. Along the border between Mexico and the United States, José, a Mexican migrant from Guadalajara, is building a shelter just few paces from the United States border, waiting for the right time to cross. In October 2016, with the upcoming American presidential elections and the announcements made during the election campaign by Donald Trump wanting to reinforce the border and build new sections of wall, along the Southwest border with Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 46,195 illegal migrants: approximately 30% more with respect to the average number of people arrested in the same period of the five previous years (source U.S. Customs and Border Protection).

Mexico, Sonora, Benjamin Hill. 20/10/2016. In Benjamin Hill, a town in the state of Sonora, a Central American migrant climbs onto a freight train (nicknamed “The Beast” by the migrants because it is extremely dangerous) headed north to the United States. Many of the migrants making this journey are robbed or assaulted by gangs who control the train tops, and others fall asleep and tumble down, losing limbs or perishing under the wheels of the trains.

Mexico, Baja California, Tijuana. 12/10/2016. The border fence between Mexico and the United States of America seen from the city of Tijuana. Beyond the wall the view extends to the United States and we can see two vehicles of the US Border Patrol Police on patrol along the border. With the American presidential elections and the announcements made during the election campaign by Donald Trump wanting to reinforce the border and build new sections of wall, the number of migrants undertaking their dangerous trip towards the USA increased exponentially. In October, the month preceding the presidential elections of 4th November 2016, along the Southwest border with Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 46,195 illegal migrants: around aproximately 30% more with respect to the average number of people arrested in the same period of the five previous years (source U.S. Customs and Border Protection).

Mexico, Baja California, Tijuana. 12/10/2016. An illegal Central American migrant comes out of a manhole where he lives, along the road that flanks the border between Mexico and the United States of America, waiting for the right moment to cross the border. In October 2016, with the upcoming American presidential elections and the announcements made during the election campaign by Donald Trump wanting to reinforce the border and build new sections of wall, along the Southwest border with Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 46,195 illegal migrants: approximately 30% more with respect to the average number of people arrested in the same period of the five previous years (source U.S. Customs and Border Protection).