HABITABLE: Linking climate change, habitability and social tipping points: scenarios for climate migration

Horizon Europe

Africa, Asia, Europe

1 September 2020 –

31 August 2024

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Comparable data and evidence on the interrelations between climate change, human mobility, and policy responses.

By affecting countries’ GDP per capita, climate change indirectly influences migration flows.
Specifically, climate change leads to economic losses in many regions, which subsequently impact bilateral migration flows. Climate change tends to increase migration within and between wealthier countries while suppressing migration from and within poorer regions. This dual effect highlights the complex interplay between economic factors and migration in the context of climate change.
The impacts of climate change on migration are multifaceted and depend on a country’s context. In one country, climate change-induced decreases in GDP per capita might lead to greater emigration, while in another, poorer country, it might lead to decreased emigration.
Climate adaptation policies and mechanisms can intervene and potentially alter these migration patterns.

Synthesis Report – scenarios of future disaster-induced internal displacement under climate change
Policy Brief – how to tackle climate migration and human rights in tandem
Policy Brief – insights from Ethiopia on human mobility in the context of climate change, disasters, and environmental degradation
Indicators – Multi-sectoral climate-related hazards indicators

Francois Gemenne, Director, Hugo Observatory, University of Liège

University of Liège (The Hugo Observatory)
University of Vienna
University of Exeter
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Geneva
Lund University, Centre for Sustainable Studies (LUCSUS)
Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Political Sciences
adelphi, Paris, France
University of Ghana
CARE France
University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation Enschede, The Netherlands
University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Pretoria, South Africa
UNESCO, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Raks Thai Foundation (RTF) Bangkok, Thailand
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Institut National de la Statistique(INSTAT) Bamako, Mali
Samuel Hall Kabul, Afghanistan
University of York