The index for the cross-cutting issue “migration, environment and climate change” is structured on the basis of the following sub-topics:

Adaptation   
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 97 (Europe) and 124 (Oceania) 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 223, 239-240, 241, 243, 245, 247-248 and 252
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 253-269
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 140 and 143-144 
Climate/environment migration/displacement
  • 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", pp. 5 and 7 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 30 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 82 (Central Asia), 86 (South-East Asia), 107 (Central America and the Caribbean) and 123-124 (Oceania)
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 234, 237, 241-245 and 247-250
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 253-269
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 303 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 125-126, 131, 140, 143-145 
Climate change
  • 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", p. 7
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 68-69 (West and Central Africa), 81 (Middle East), 82 (Central Asia), 84 (Eastern Asia and Southern Asia), 97 (Northern, Western and Southern Europe) and 106-107 (Central America and the Caribbean)
  • 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", p. 169 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", p. 174 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 303 and 308
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 126, 140, 143-145
Planned relocation
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 223, 242, 246-248 and 250-251 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", p. 254-258, 263, 265-266, 268-269
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 140-141 and 144

 

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” and World Migration Report 2020, chapter 9 – “Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change.”

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