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The environment has always been a driver of migration, as people flee to survive natural disasters or, faced with harsh and deteriorating environmental conditions, move to seek opportunities elsewhere. Climate change is expected to exacerbate sudden- and slow-onset disasters and gradual environmental degradation. Through these impacts, climate change is already influencing migration around the world.

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To foster sustainable development while making migration a choice, IOM is engaged in building the resilience of countries and communities affected by a changing climate, environmental hazards and structural factors of vulnerability.

Number of pages: 8
Format: Electronic copy, A3 rectoverso layout
Reference Number: ENG0148 

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This report presents the results of a field work and analytical study conducted in 2010 in the Republic of Mauritius by two experts on environmental migration and adaptation to climate change. While climate change and environmental degradation are not new issues in Mauritius, looking at these issues from a human mobility perspective is a new phenomenon. 

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This paper presents IOM’s efforts to support vulnerable and mobile communities affected by environmental hazards through disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) activities conducive to sustainable development.

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The Drought, Climate Change and Migration assessment was conducted between April and December 2010 among pastoralist and mobile communities in Kenya. The purpose of the assessment was to solicit for evidence so as to widen and deepen understanding on climate-related changes and particularly, the effects of droughts, their dynamics and how these changes have affected the pastoralist (mobile) communities in Kenya.