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Displaying 90 of about 1080 resultsFundamental shifts in preparedness planning are needed to ensure health, safety, and smooth operations during emergencies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rapid expert consultation details what is known from research on evacuation behavior, social responses to disaster, and risk communication, as well as lessons learned from emergency manag…
Compared to evacuation behaviours, behaviours preceding evacuation including milling during tsunamis remain unclear. This study developed an analysis approach that evaluates the similarities in behaviour sequences throughout the evacuation process and investigated both the preceding behaviours and evacuation behaviours in Ishinomaki during the 2011 tsun…
This report seeks to shed light on the available evidence on the environment, climate change and migration nexus in Peru. The study puts into perspective various climate risks and hazards that affect communities in the country’s main topographical zones: the coast, the highlands, and the rainforest or jungle. The report provides a systematic review of t…
This brief presents research undertaken into the economic legacy of Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 in Victoria, Australia. The authors computed the disaster severity of 12 non-contiguous bushfire hotspots of varying sizes within the state of Victoria and gathered key data (income, residential SA2 and other economic, demographic and sectoral indicators…
This policy brief argues that African regions vulnerable to climate change should prepare for out-migration, while more resilient cities must plan for in-migration.Movement is a critical resilience strategy for communities and individuals faced with climate change. Most discussions about climate-linked migration focus on international movements; however…
This report assesses the economic impact associated with internal displacement in 2019 for 22 countries. The countries selected have recently been affected by internal displacement associated with conflict and violence, disasters, or a combination of both. As they are located in different regions and range from low to upper-middle income, they provide a…
This briefing note examines the extent to which the different dimensions of human mobility - migration, disaster displacement, and planned relocation - have been integrated into the revised, updated, and newly submitted Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement. Increasingly, climate change has become an underlying driver of human mo…
This report explores the question "What is the current state of migration in the context of climate emergency in the Philippine setting?" To do so, the study utilizes two types of evidence a) literature review and b) exploratory interviews with community members and local governments. All interviewees in this study were defined as being vulnerable to th…
The objective of this conceptual and methodological paper is to flag different possible choices that can be made to study the relationship between migration and adaptation. The authors call for a reconceptualization of the migration–adaptation nexus and a deeper understanding of how migration affects adaptive capacities. Research should analyse mig…
This report presents key human mobility trends associated with climate change and disasters in Latin America, and provides an overview of the inter-American human rights and humanitarian law system applicable in that context. The report also presents recommendations for action at the research, policy and operational levels to be implemented in the regio…
This report presents an overview of the current evidence base on the complex relationships between climate change and human mobility. It aims to support the development of an informed global discourse across the humanitarian, peace and sustainable development agendas and as a counter to some of the sensationalist claims often propagated by the media. In…
This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence human displacement and community livelihoods and ways to reduce vulnerability from internal displacement in Uttar Bedkashi Union, Bangladesh, which was hit by cyclones Sidr in 2007 and Aila in 2009. Field investigation, focus group discussion, in-depth household survey, key inform…
This paper presents IOM’s approach to bring together disaster risk reduction and mobility management practices to improve people’s livelihoods and well-being. It asserts that: (i) mobility can save lives, enhance resilience and reduce risk; (ii) mobility can also make people more vulnerable and expose them to new risks; and that (iii) the Hyogo Framewor…
By Sebastien Malo
NEW YORK - Deadly floods that bear the fingerprints of climate change are prompting an exodus of workers from the U.S. Midwest, the world's biggest professional social network, LinkedIn, said on Wednesday.
The website, on which millions of U.S. workers maintain profiles, said data showed a spike in members changing their work locatio…
By Becky Alexis-Martin, Lecturer at the Manchester Metropolitan University; James Dyke, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter; Jonathon Turnbull, PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge; and Stephanie Malin, Associate Professor at Colorado State University
The evidence of the climate crisis is now undeniable. But state responses to…