Accommodating Migration to Promote Adaptation to Climate Change

This paper explains how climate change may increase future migration, and which risks are associated with such migration. It also examines how some of this migration may enhance the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change. Climate change...

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Main Authors:	Barnett, Jon, Webber, Michael
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACIDIFICATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AIR AIR TEMPERATURE ARMED CONFLICT ATMOSPHERE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BIODIVERSITY CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CITIZENSHIP CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLINICS COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CORAL REEFS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN CULTURAL RIGHTS CURRENT POPULATION CUSTOMARY RIGHTS CYCLONES DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES DISASTERS DISCRIMINATION DISPLACED PEOPLE DISPLACEMENT DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECOSYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELECTRICITY EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EQUAL RIGHTS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS EXTREME DROUGHT EXTREME EVENTS FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMINE FINANCIAL BARRIERS FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FLOODS FLOWS OF PEOPLE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE POPULATION GLACIERS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HOMELESSNESS HOST COMMUNITIES HOST COUNTRY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ILL-HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUX OF REFUGEES INTERMEDIARIES INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT IPCC JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SHORTAGES LABOR SUPPLY LAND DEGRADATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LAND USE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALARIA MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATIONS MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OCEANS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PEACE PERMANENT RESIDENCE PH PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICY BRIEF POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION MOVEMENTS PRECIPITATION PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF LIFE RAINFALL RATE OF GROWTH REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPATRIATION RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTS RETURN MIGRATION RISK MANAGEMENT RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SEA LEVEL SECURITY OF TENURE SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MEASURES SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SUPPORT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STATUS OF REFUGEES STORMS SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUPPLY SHORTAGES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSMIGRATION TREATY UNEP UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN MIGRATION VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VULNERABILITY WAR WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WIND WORKERS WORKFORCE
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Summary:	This paper explains how climate change may increase future migration, and which risks are associated with such migration. It also examines how some of this migration may enhance the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change. Climate change is likely to result in some increase above baseline rates of migration in the next 40 years. Most of this migration will occur within developing countries. There is little reason to think that such migration will increase the risk of violent conflict. Not all movements in response to climate change will have negative outcomes for the people that move, or the places they come from and go to. Migration, a proven development strategy, can increase the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change. The fewer choices people have about moving, however, the less likely it is that the outcomes of that movement will be positive. Involuntary resettlement should be a last resort. Many of the most dire risks arising from climate-motivated migration can be avoided through careful policy. Policy responses to minimize the risks associated with migration in response to climate change, and to maximize migration s contribution to adaptive capacity include: ensuring that migrants have the same rights and opportunities as host communities; reducing the costs of moving money and people between areas of origin and destination; facilitating mutual understanding among migrants and host communities; clarifying property rights where they are contested; ensuring that efforts to assist migrants include host communities; and strengthening regional and international emergency response systems.

Accommodating Migration to Promote Adaptation to Climate Change

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