Chapter 9: Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change

Overview
  • INSTITUTE:
    UNU-EHS
    PUBLISHER:
    International Organization for Migration
    TITLE:
    Chapter 9: Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change
    AUTHORS:
    by Robert Oakes, Soumyadeep Banerjee and Koko Warner
    PUB DATE:
    2019•11•27

    In: World Migration Report 2020 ed. McAuliffe, Marie and Khadria, Binod (GenevaInternational Organization for Migration, 2019), 252269.

    This chapter provides an up-to-date overview of environmental change and the spectrum of human mobility. It first explores different perspectives on environmental change and migration, ranging from the view that human mobility including migration is a security issue, that it is an issue of protection, and that it is a matter of adaptation and managing risks associated with environmental change. The chapter then provides examples of environmental migration from empirical research around the world. It then summarizes recent developments in the international policy sphere on the topic. The conclusion draws out the implications for research, policy and practice.

    Read the chapter here.