PLEA Network

7 February 2015, COIN: Should migration be a way of adapting to climate change? As the world warms, our focus moves from how we can reduce emissions, to how we can adapt to life on a  warmer planet. Our new briefing paper explores whether migration could become a key strategy for some people to cope with the impacts of climate change. The paper looks at this complex and controversial notion of migration as adaptation. The briefing, Migration as adaptation, exploring mobility as a coping strategy for climate change, explores the possibility of migrating as a way of coping with climate change impacts, but also examines some of the risks involved in such strategies….”  Read More here