Human Mobility
This theme explores the forced and voluntary forms of human mobility in the context of climate change, including related protection needs and adaptation options.

Climate change, agriculture and internal human mobility in the Bhutan Himalayas
This case study examines the effects of climate change on agriculture and human mobility in Bhutan, the adaptation strategies, prevalent barriers and lessons learned.
Climate change, vulnerability and migration: Impacts on children and youth in Southeast Asia
This report explores the impact of labour migration on children in the context of climate change in Southeast Asia, focusing on Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Through 92 personal stories, it highlights the challenges faced by children left behind or migrating themselves, intersecting with issues of poverty and injustice.
Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis
This study explores how climate-induced stressors, specifically rising temperatures, water stress and droughts, and floods and sea-level rise, have affected populations in the Global South, leading to voluntary and/or forced migration.
How to quantify and measure Loss & Damage associated with displacement
This brief was written by members of the ”Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility” and the “Loss and Damage and Challenges of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group”. It explores how to quantify and measure Loss and Damage associated with displacement.
Conflict, Migration and Land Regeneration; A Tale of Kanyerus
Can degraded land naturally regenerate after a conflict-induced human migration? Learn about the experience from Kanyerus Village in West Pokot, Kenya.
A combined cognitive and spatial model to map and understand climate-induced migration
What is the relationship between climate change impacts and migration? The SEI team analyzes this connection developing a spatial multi-criteria model that establish people’s motivations to migrate, including climate change factors.
The Landscape of Financing Options to Address Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change
Learn about the importance of different finance sources and instruments in alleviating the adverse impacts of climate change induced human mobility in developing countries. This study explores 10 financial tools and instruments in-depth and presents recommendations for different target groups.
Island Stories: Mapping the (Im)mobility Trends of Slow Onset Environmental Processes in Three Island Groups of the Philippines
Discover how slow onset environmental processes, such as long-term soil and water degradation, are contributing to peoples' migration patterns and wellbeing in the Philippines, and suggestions on how this can be accounted for in climate change policy frameworks.
The Big Climate Movement
Three experts and eight climate activists dissect the complex interactions between migration and climate change in this 12-episode video series.
Migration, environment and climate change: Responding via climate change adaptation policy
This paper provides policymakers working in climate change adaptation policy with entry points for integrating responses to migration into their work.