Glosario - Migración, Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático: Datos Empíricos para la Formulación de Políticas (MECLEP)
English
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.