Today the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its 6th assessment report: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. CMES researcher Dr. Lina Eklund has contributed sections on migration and mobility to the report’s fourth chapter on Water. Her assessment concludes that climate induced water related hazards, like floods and droughts, often affect migration patterns, but not necessarily in a straightforward way. Effects are context dependent and migration outcomes can vary depending on the nature of the hazard and the communities affected. For example, internal migration may increase while international migration may decrease, as people may not have the resources to undertake longer distance migration. Overall, the research community expects migration to increase in the future, but the evidence for how much, where, and who is affected is limited.
Read and download the full report here
Download Chapter 4: Water (which includes Lina's contribution)
You can also download a Summary for Policymakers and a Technical Summary.