Human mobility

Migration can be one way people find of adapting to climate change. The IOM says: 'Migration in the face of global environmental change may not be just part of the ‘problem’, but can also be part of the solution.' A new IOM research programme will examine environmental factors influence on migration and impacts on policy making Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti...

Countries vulnerable to extreme weather and rising seas should follow the example of small Pacific island states like Kiribati, and work out how to relocate threatened communities if there is no alternative, experts said at U.N. climate talks in Lima...

Zanzibar has begun relocating coastal families on the island of Pemba who are facing inundation from worsening high tides. Ten coastal families from Mijini Kiuyu who have seen their houses repeatedly flooded are being gradually relocated...

'Climate change and disaster risk management expertise is critical for the Pacific region,' said Espen Ronneberg, climate change adviser in Samoa. 'The effects of climate change will put greater pressure on communities and affect the food security, health and well-being of Pacific Islanders'...

This paper is part of IOM’s commitment to the development of the post‐2015 development agenda, and in particular of the successor framework to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). It articulates the correlation between risk and mobility, in terms of both

This document addresses the need for coordinated approaches to prevent, manage and respond to the enormous challenge of disaster-induced internal displacement. It is an essential contribution to the knowledge of the scale and impacts of rapid-onset

This fact sheet presents Nansen Initiative's perspective on disaster risk reduction (DRR). It suggests key messages to inform the drafting of the post-2015 Hyogo Framework for disaster risk reduction with regard to addressing disaster related displacement

'Our shorelines are eroding so fast. The food that we normally eat has disappeared. Year in, year out, every day, it is a struggle for my people,' Ursula Rakova said. 'It’s frightening. It gives you a feeling of anxiety - what’s going to happen next?'...