IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change

IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change aims to bring together in one easy-to-access reference document the knowledge accrued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and to present IOM’s role, understanding and approach to environmental migration.

This reference publication builds on IOM’s expertise on the topic at the policy, research, international migration law, advocacy and operational levels.

IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change: 

• Takes stock of IOM’s action and institutional approach on the topic;
• Gives visibility to the work of the Organization on the topic and serves as a knowledge-sharing tool for this work; and
• Provides insights into the state of the knowledge, legal debates, and links between environmental migration and other policy areas such as adaptation, development, humanitarian response, human rights, disaster risk reduction and security.

The publication targets a broad external audience, including but not limited to policymakers, practitioners, researchers, international agencies, private sector, donors, students and think tanks.

The publication can be downloaded here.