Original Language
English
ISBN (PDF)
978-92-9268-432-7
Number of Pages
34
Reference Number
PUB2022/094/L
Year of Publication
2022

People on the Move in a Changing Climate – Linking Policy, Evidence and Action

An extensive array of international agreements and frameworks attest to the urgency of addressing climate change and human mobility together, as climate change, environmental degradation and disasters reshape contemporary human mobility patterns. It is now time to put these agreements into practice and step-up implementation on human mobility in contexts of climate change. People on the Move in a Changing Climate provides insights and recommendations on how to do so. Specifically, it draws on existing knowledge and IOM’s experience of working with governments, other UN agencies and partners at different levels to outline the main aspects of the human mobility and climate change nexus from a policy perspective and put forward a series of recommended actions for policymakers.

The recommendations are supported by practical examples to guide future action and aim to provide  (1) Solutions for people to move; (2) Solutions for people on the move; and (3) Solutions for people to stay. These are based on the three strategic objectives identified in the IOM Institutional Strategy on Migration, Environment and Climate Change 2021–2030.

  • SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Key facts and figures
  • UNDERSTANDING THE CLIMATE CHANGE–MIGRATION NEXUS
    • Human mobility as adaptation
    • Migrants’ testimony – On the move in a changing climate
  • AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER FUTURE
    • Improving the use of data for evidence-based policies and action
    • Women and youth on the move in a changing climate
  • TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION
    • Recommendations
    • 1. Provide Solutions for People to Move: Enabling safe and regular migration
      • What can be done? 
      • Examples of solutions 
    • 2. Provide Solutions for People on the Move: From anticipatory action to enabling solutions to minimize and better address loss and damage, including displacement
      • What can be done?
      • Examples of solutions
    • 3. Provide Solutions for People to Stay: Disaster risk reduction and in situ adaptation to avert and minimize displacement
      • What can be done?
      • Examples of solutions 
  • LOOKING AHEAD: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF HUMAN MOBILITY
  • REFERENCES