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Deep dive into migration, environment and climate change
Two chapters specifically address the issue of migration, environment and climate change:
World Migration Report 2022, chapter 9 – “Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change: Taking stock and taking action”
The chapter is organized in different sections that respectively cover:
- Slow-onset climate-change impacts and migration: Key concepts and current state of knowledge
- Data on current migration linked to climate and environmental impacts
- Future projections
- People at risk
- Slow-onset climate impacts in global policy developments: Where do we stand?
- Global developments in climate policy and migration policy
- Migration in the context of slow-onset climate impacts: Moving form frameworks to migration policy action
- Examples of existing practices
To learn more:
- Read chapter 9 of the World Migration Report 2022 at pp. 233-252
- Read the key findings from chapter 9
World Migration Report 2020, chapter 9 – “Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change”
The chapter is organized in different sections that respectively cover:
- Understanding the links between environmental change and migration
- Understanding migration as a possible response to climate impacts and risks
- Critiques and nuances
- Evidence of migration and environmental change
- Mountains
- Drylands
- Coastal areas and islands
- Urban areas
- Policy frameworks
- Global climate change negotiations and human mobility
- Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
To learn more:
- Read chapter 9 of the World Migration Report 2020 at pp. 253-269
- Read the World Migration Report 2020 – InfoSheet No. 9 – Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change