Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and environmental migration
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Title:
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and environmental migration a policy perspective
Creator:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
Publisher:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2010
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Climate change ( lcshac )
Risk management ( lcshac )
Environmental management ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )

Notes

Summary:
This policy paper advocates looking at migration as a potential component in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies. The document presents migration as a potential adaptation strategy rather than a failure to adapt to a changing environment. It is addressed to policy planners working at the cross-sections of DRR, CCA, and sustainable development. The document defines an environmental migrant as persons or groups that are pushed to leave their homes voluntarily or otherwise, either temporarily or permanently, due to sudden changes in the environment that negatively impacts their living condition. The first section of the document looks at how climate change has affected the relationship between migration and the environment. Natural disasters often lead to sudden large-scale movements of people as they seek to escape danger. The document highlights IOM’s role in supporting state efforts to protect their affected populations, addressing the fact that displaced persons are often more vulnerable to human rights violations. It suggests either facilitating their return home, integrating them locally, or helping them resettle in other parts of the country as potential solutions to addressing this vulnerability, stressing that all these prospects require confronting a number of interlocking issues from peace-building to development planning. The next section of the document discusses the importance of DRR and CCA as components of IOM’s strategy in dealing with mobile populations made vulnerable by the intersecting structural forces of poverty, population growth, environmental degradation, and rapid unplanned urbanization. This leads to a discussion of how the organization has developed a comprehensive framework that goes beyond the emergency phase of displacement towards a focus on sustainable development to address the root causes of exposure to risk. IOM presents a 3-pronged Approach to managing environmental migration: minimize forced migration as much as possible, but when it happens, provide needed assistance and protection of human rights while focusing on sustainable development, and facilitate migration as an adaptation strategy to climate change. The organization calls for the development of multi-hazard assessments that take into account the intersections of migration, gender, health, and security. It also calls for the mainstreaming of DRR and CCA into migration management policies because the linkages between their respective objectives are clear. ( English )
Subject:
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change ( English )
Citation/Reference:
(2010). Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and environmental migration. International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
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FI13042432

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