In search of shelter. Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement
- Document number
- 2222
- Date
- 2009
- Title
- In search of shelter. Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement
- Author/publisher
- Koko Warner, the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security; Charles Ehrhart, CARE International; Alex de Sherbinin, Susana Adamo, Tricia Chai-Onn, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures,
- Summary
- This report explores how environmental shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push people to leave their homes in search of “greener pastures” … or just to survive. In order to make informed decisions, policymakers and development actors need a better understanding of the linkages between environmental change, displacement and migration.
This report, therefore, offers:
• empirical evidence from a first-time, multi-continent survey of environmental change and migration;
• original maps illustrating how, and where, the impacts of climate change may prompt significant displacement and migration;
• policy recommendations that reflect the collective thinking of key multi-lateral and research institutions, as well as nongovernmental organizations working directly with many of the world’s most vulnerable populations. - Related documents