Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP)

The European Union-funded “Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy” (MECLEP) project was implemented between January 2014 and March 2017 and this Environmental Migration Portal was created under it.

The project aimed to contribute to the global knowledge base on the relationship between migration and environmental and change. More specifically, it aimed to formulate policy options on how migration, including displacement and planned relocation, can benefit adaptation strategies to environmental and climate change. It involved research (desk reviews, household surveys and qualitative interviews), capacity-building and dialogue and knowledge sharing activities.

Pilot countries

The 6 project countries were Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kenya, the Republic of Mauritius, Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam.

The countries were selected based on the diversity of migration patterns and the environmental events they face.

Project Outputs

Research

• 6 National country-level assessments and 6 research reports
• Final comparative report "Making mobility work for adaptation to environmental changes: Results from the MECLEP global research"
• 5 Infographics and 6 Regional Maps
• Glossary in 3 languages

Capacity-building

• Enhance government capacity to take action on environmental migration

            Capacity-building training manual in 5 languages
            5 Policymaker trainings
            6 Researcher trainings

Dialogue and Knowledge sharing

• Facilitate policy coherence and cooperation nationally and regionally
• National level technical working groups
• National policy consultationsGlobal online information-sharing platform
• 20 Environmental Migration Portal Newsletters 
• Video on MECLEP research in Haiti "Environmental Change, Natural Disasters and Human Mobility in Haiti"
• 20 Policy Briefs
• 1 Data Brief

Donor

EUR 1.9 million of the budget was funded by the European Union under the Thematic Programme on Migration and Asylum (TPMA).

Partners 

The project was implemented by IOM through a consortium of six research partners.

Project Leaflet 

Download leaflet [EN, ES, FR]

For further information on MECLEP, please contact IOM's Global Migration Data and Analysis Centre (GMDAC): 

• Susanne Melde, Global Project Coordinator
• Frank Laczko, Director of Global Migration Data Analysis Centre