This report explores how environmental
shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push
people to leave their homes in search of "greener pastures" ... or just
to survive. In order to make informed decisions, policymakers and development
actors need a better understanding of the linkages between environmental
change, displacement and migration.
This report, therefore, offers:
- empirical evidence from a first-time,
multi-continent survey of environmental change and migration;
- original maps illustrating how, and
where, the impacts of climate change may prompt significant displacement
and migration;
- policy recommendations that reflect
the collective thinking of key multi-lateral and research institutions,
as well as nongovernmental organizations working directly with many of
the world's most vulnerable populations