The Climate and Migration Coalition
Protecting people who move due to the impacts of climate change
We are an organisation concerned with the rights and welfare of anyone who moves due to the impacts of climate change. Find out more.
What we believe
Climate change will re-shape patterns of migration and displacement. Everyone has the right to move safely and legally. We believe in everyone’s right to move as a way of coping with the worst impacts of climate change.
What we do
We fight for humane and empowering policies that will protect people who move due to the impacts of climate change.
Get our weekely briefing
Our weekly newsletter is a digest of everything you need to know about climate and migration. The briefing keeps you up to date with the latest global events and research from the world of climate-linked migration and conflict.
Sign up
The issues: getting started
Find out how climate change is re-shapping migration and displacement – and what this means for people across the world.
Latest news
Migration is a successful climate adaptation strategy
Alex Randall This article was origionally posted on Al Jazeera English Image: Diving Near Slums of Cebu City Philippin" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by AdamCohnGovernments across the world should legalise and regulate temporary climate migration, rather than try to prevent it....
More news and resources
What we get wrong about migration and climate change
Most of what you know about climate-linked migration is probably wrong. The media usually report on the connections that are most dramatic or tragic, skewing the picture.
Why governments will eventually, reluctantly back migration as climate adaptation
Last year 23 million people were forced from their homes by disasters linked to the weather and climate change. As the planet warms (which inevitably it will) this number will probably go up.
Who gets to talk about climate-linked migration in the media?
Who gets quoted by the media when they cover climate-linked migration? And how have those sources shaped the public debate?
Initial reaction to New Zealand’s “climate refugee” visa proposal
New Zealand has announced proposals for a new visa for people displaced by climate change. What does it mean? And will it work?
Six things governments should do about hurricane displacement right now
How should we respond to climate-driven hurricane displacement? What new policies do we need to protect people who are forced to move.
Video – climate change and armed conflict – how are they linked?
This video looks at the connections between changes in the climate and altered patterns of armed conflict. How are they linked, and will life on hotter planet mean more violence and chaos?
Climate, drought and conflict in the Horn of Africa
A new drought has swept across the Horn of Africa, creating widespread displacement. With drought playing a key role in the wider crisis, it is important to examine the role of climate change in contributing to the situation.
Video: understanding disasters, displacement and climate
A series of powerful disasters have left many asking about the role of climate change. This short briefing looks at how climate change interacts with other forces to create increased displacement.
Beyond Climate Migration: escaping the confines of a concept
Does the way we discuss climate-linked migration hold us back from finding the solutions that are needed? This post makes the case that the concept of ‘climate migration’ could be restricting our thinking.
Images on this page
Zaatri refugee camp. EC / ECHO / Dina Baslan. From Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Kenya, beans. Neil Palmer / CIAT. From Flickr.
Iraqi children look out at the sunset over the Bamarne informal camp for Internally Displaced Persons, in northern Iraq. Andrew McConnell/Panos for DFID. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Island and boat. Global Environment Facility / Pacific-IWRM. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The Ganges Delta. From NASA
Bangladesh. Adnan Islam. From Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Teafuafou island on the approach into Funfauti atoll, Tuvalu. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Families returning to their communities following the flooding in Pakistan.DFID / Russell Watkins. From Flickr. (CC BY 2.0)