IOM is committed to the fight against climate change and supports communities in adaptation efforts to current and future environmental and climate challenges. Global climate negotiations, conducted within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),... Read more
L’OIM s’engage dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques et soutient les communautés dans leurs processus d’adaptation aux défis environnementaux actuels et à venir. Les négociations mondiales sur le climat, menées dans le cadre de la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements... Read more
Brazil has witnessed an increased level of human mobility due to environmental change. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, between 2008 and 2014, Brazil was among the countries with the highest numbers of internally displaced persons. Furthermore, the country is one of the top... Read more
Catastrophes géophysiques ou météorologiques, hausse du niveau des mers, désertification, dégradation des écosystèmes : chaque année, des millions de personnes quittent leurs terres pour des raisons environnementales. Un phénomène que le changement climatique en cours ne va qu'amplifier.
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Azerbaijan, situated in the Caucasus region, is exposed to hazardous environmental challenges ‒ namely natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and landslides ‒ which have displaced thousands of people in recent years. Slow-onset processes, such as salinization, droughts and soil degradation... Read more
Azerbaijan, situated in the Caucasus region, is exposed to hazardous environmental challenges ‒ namely natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and landslides ‒ which have displaced thousands of people in recent years. Slow-onset processes, such as salinization, droughts and soil degradation... Read more
Climate change is a key concern for the international community. The links to environmental degradation and human mobility are increasingly understood, leading to calls for data on environmental migrants. However, meaningful data only exist on persons newly displaced by disasters within countries,... Read more
La migration environnementale représente une réalité pour le Maroc : les facteurs environnementaux et climatiques contribuent à la migration vers le Maroc en provenance d'Afrique sub-saharienne, mais aussi aux mouvements d’émigration et de migration interne, en particulier vers les grandes villes... Read more
Environmental migration is a reality for Morocco. Environmental and climatic factors not only account for migration to Morocco from sub-Saharan Africa, but also for movements out of and within the country, especially to the major coastal cities. With the severe impacts of climate change expected to... Read more
The Environment booklet features all IOM publications focusing on the state of environment and climate change and how these have affected migration in general. Included in this series are publications from 2008 and to date, such as the International Dialogue on Migration, the Migration Research... Read more
The question of how to regulate international migration-related challenges in the context of rapid-onset natural disasters is attracting increasing interest from academics and policymakers alike. However, the fact that the issue is not addressed directly by international law or policy has sometimes... Read more
This working paper presents the methodological basis for the Migration, Environmental and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP) project, funded by the European Union. Migration as adaptation has been widely discussed but remains empirically understudied. The authors call for a... Read more
