![]() Second, because so many households invest in migration as a strategy for resilience, we should seek to maximise migration’s potential for adaptation. Some governments have begun to do this, offering models for others. But these are outdated and must be redesigned around their 21st century role: not merely as instruments of industrial and trade policy, but as vital instruments of foreign policy and security policy, and central to climate policy. International mobility in response to climate change will be regulated mostly through labour-based visas and through bilateral or regional free-movement accords. A lot can be done.įirst, we must recognise that the humanitarian system of refugee and asylum law cannot accommodate most climate migrants, nor are there substantial prospects for a new “climate visa”. But complexity does not justify inaction. Climate shocks are not the most important factors affecting movement: networks, education, resources, and other considerations all shape migration decisions. Migration in response to climate change will be mostly domestic, but also international. It covers the current system of international movement and its prospects the role of regional free movement the interaction between climate, migration, and urbanisation the effect of remittances on climate resilience and options for new approaches to climate change and migration-and more. Today, we’re publishing a comprehensive overview of the climate-migration nexus. Some policy responses are much more promising than others. ![]() Climate change will have major ramifications for migration at every level, and is already impacting movement. ![]()
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