Addressing Climate Mobility Adaptation

The statement advocates for integrating Human Mobility due to Climate Change (HMCC)—including migration and planned relocation—into the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) via the UAE-Belem Work Programme. It argues that treating HMCC solely as a 'Loss and Damage' issue overlooks its potential as an adaptation strategy. The author suggests that HMCC should be integrated into the iterative adaptation cycle and sector-specific plans rather than as a standalone sector, leveraging the fact that over 85% of countries already include some form of HMCC in their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

• Human Mobility due to Climate Change (HMCC), which includes migration, displacement, and planned relocation, is identified by some literature and the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report as an effective adaptation strategy to avoid extreme weather and long-term climate variability.
• The author contends that the current UNFCCC proposal to address HMCC exclusively under the Loss and Damage Fund prevents stakeholders from recognizing it as a viable adaptation strategy.
• A study indicates that more than 85% of countries have included at least one form of HMCC in their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and over 65% of those have provided concrete commitments or provisions to address mobility.
• The document proposes that HMCC should not be a separate sector under GGA targets but should instead be integrated into the iterative adaptation cycle and considered within sector-specific adaptation plans due to its interdisciplinary nature.

APA

Contributor, C. (2024). Addressing Climate Mobility Adaptation. ClimaTalk. https://climatalk.org/2024/09/09/addressing-climate-mobility-adaptation/

Chicago

Contributor, ClimaTalk. Addressing Climate Mobility Adaptation. ClimaTalk, 2024. https://climatalk.org/2024/09/09/addressing-climate-mobility-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{contributor2024addressing, author = {Contributor, ClimaTalk}, title = {{Addressing Climate Mobility Adaptation}}, publisher = {ClimaTalk}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://climatalk.org/2024/09/09/addressing-climate-mobility-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }