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Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 2 | Vol. 2 | February 2016

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

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Working Paper Series | No. 1/2016

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

Diagnóstico de Informaciones para Políticas: Migración, Medio Ambiente y Cambio climático en la República Dominicana

En el marco del proyecto “Migración, medio ambiente y cambio climático: Datos empíricos para la elaboración de políticas (MECLEP)” financiado por la Unión Europea, este diagnóstico nacional delinea el nexo entre migración, medio ambiente y cambio climático en la República Dominicana.

Situation Analysis of Migration Context and Policy Framework in Bangladesh

This Situation Analysis provides an overview of the migration context and policy framework relating to internal and international migration in Bangladesh. It provides a snap shot of the research already undertaken and identifies research gaps that need to be addressed to better understand the... Read more

The State of Environmental Migration 2015 – A review of 2014

The State of Environmental Migration series gathers the expertise of researchers, students and professionals to provide an annual assessment of the changing nature and dynamics of environment- and climate-related migration throughout the world.

Migration, environnement et changement climatique: Série de Bulletins Politiques Numéro 8 | Vol. 1 | Décembre 2015

Sur la base des résultats principaux de l‘étude de cas du projet MECLEP en Haïti, ce Bulletin politique explore comment les différentes formes de mobilité humaine se relient à la vulnérabilité des ménages dans trois municipalités haïtiennes (La Marmelade, Les Gonaïves et Port-au-Prince). La... Read more

National Migration Policy 2015

There has been increased interest in migration and migration policies in the last decade. Several developments at global, regional, subregional and national levels have raised migration issues to the forefront of the political and policy arenas, emphasizing the need for legal frameworks to curtail... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 1 | Vol. 2 | January 2016

Land matters: The role of land policies and laws for environmental migration in Kenya Environmental migration is inevitably linked to the question of land for several reasons: (a) environmental and climate change reduces the amount of habitable land; (b) more land is needed to accommodate those who... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 11| Vol. 1 | December 2015

The Republic of Mauritius is at the forefront of climate change. The country experiences tropical cyclones, flash floods, droughts and sea-level rise that threaten the land and livelihood of the country’s most vulnerable populations. This policy brief summarizes the current situation of migration,... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 10 | Vol. 1 | December 2015

This policy brief is the result of an interdisciplinary research workshop with academics and practitioners, held at Bielefeld University in Germany on November 2014, in cooperation with COST Action IS1011 on Climate Change and Migration. The Bielefeld Consultation identified the need to raise... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 9 | Vol. 1 | December 2015

In light of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris at the end of 2015, this policy brief highlights why human mobility should be included in the discussions on adaptation. Migration, in the context of environmental degradation and climate change, is already a reality today,... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 8 | Vol. 1 | December 2015

Building on the main results of the MECLEP case study in Haiti, this policy brief explores how different forms of human mobility relate to household vulnerability in three Haitian municipalities (La Marmelade, Les Gonaïves and Port-au-Prince).  Recurrent (including seasonal) migration seems to be... Read more