Refugee & Migrant Resources and Toolkits

Looking for further information on climate change, migration and displacement? Below are links to resources that we have developed on the issues. 

Toolkits

Download COIN's toolkits for Refugee and Migrant organisations here:

Tool 1 provides an overview of our work with the refugee and human rights sector on climate change and seeks to provoke debate on how best to respond to the issue of forced migration linked to climate change.

Tool 2 is a participatory training session for organisations keen to reflect on how  migration brought about by climate change challenges the work of their organisation. 

Download the accompanying powerpoint presentation here.

Tool 3 is an office carbon reduction kit for measuring emissions associated with travel, paper and energy.

Tool4 is a climate migration fact sheet for supporters of refugee and human rights organisations.  This will be available to download shortly.

Hard copies are available on request through info@coinet.org.uk
 

Recent publications on climate change and migration 

Below are links to recent publications on the issue as well as links to key websites. We keep this updated so please check back for developments and new reports.

2011

Protecting Environmentally Displaced People: Developing the Capacity of Legal and Normative Frameworks - Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre (2011)                                                   

Not Only Climate Change: Mobility, Vulnerability and Socio-economic Transformations in Environmentally Fragile Areas of Bolivia, Senegal and Tanzania - Cecilia Tacoli, IIED (2011)

Policy Options to Support Climate-Induced Migration - Asian Development Bank (2011)

Climate Change, Migration and Critical International Security Considerations - Robert McLeman, IOM (2011)

Climate-Related Displacement and Human Security in South Asia - Susan Chaplin (2011)

2010

International Law and the Victims of Climate Change - American Security Project (Apr 2010)
Disappearing States,Statelessness and the Boundaries of International law  - Jane McAdam (2010)

2009

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence - IOM (Dec 2009)
The Way Forward: Researching the Environment and Migration Nexus - UNU-EHS (Nov 2009)
2009 Forum: Human Impact of Climate Change - Global Humanitarian Forum (2009)
Climate Change, Disaster, Displacement and Migration: Initial Evidence from Africa - Kolmannskog (2009)
Climate Change and Migration - Focus Migration (Dec 2009)
No Place Like Home: Where Next For Climate Refugees? - Environmental Justice Foundation (Nov 2009)
Monitoring disaster displacement in the context of climate change - OCHA & Norwegian Refugee Council (Sep 2009)
UNHCR Policy Paper: Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement: a UNHCR perspective - UNHCR (updated Aug 2009)
Natural disasters and forced displacement in the context of climate change - OCHA-NRC policy brief (Jun 2009)
Confronting a Rising Tide: A Proposal for a Convention on Climate Change Refugees - Harvard Environmental Law Review (Jul 2009)
Linking Environmental Change, Migration & Social Vulnerability - UNU-EHS (2009)
Forced Displacementin the Context of Climate Change: Challenges for States   - UNHCR (2009)
Crisis or adaptation? Migration and climate change in a context of high mobility - Cecilia Tacoli, IIED (Jun 2009)
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement -CARE International (May 2009)
Climate Change and Statelessness: An Overview - UNHCR (May 2009)
Policy Brief: Migration, Climate Change and the Environment - IOM (May 2009)
Climate Change Induced Forced Migrants: in need of dignified recognition under a new Protocol - EquityBD Bangladesh (Apr 2009)
Accomodating Migration to Promote Adaptation to Climate Change  World Bank commissioned study (2009)
Climate Change Related Displacement and the European Response - Kolmannskog (Jan 2009)
Towards a Convention for Persons Displaced by Climate Change - The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, the London School of Economics (Mar 2009)
Migration and Displacement in Sub Saharan Africa The Security-Migration nexus - Bonn International Centre for Conversion (2009)
Climate change and human rights: a rough guide - International Council on Human Rights (2009) Climate Change Migration Displacement: Impacts Vulnerability and Options - UNHCR (2009)
Climate change and Migration in the Asia Pacific - Asian Development Bank (Nov 2009)

2008

Environmentally Induced Migration And Displacement: 21st Century Challenge - COE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Dec 2008)
Protecting Climate Refugees: The Case for a Global Protocol - Frank Biermann & Ingrid Boas, Environment Magazine (Dec 2008)
Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the Linkages between Environmental Change Livelihoods and Forced Migration  - Professor Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre (2008)
Human Security, Climate Change, and Environmentally Induced Migration - UNU-EHS (Jun 2008)
Turning the Tide: Recognizing Climate Change Refugees in International Law - Angela Williams, Law & Policy (Oct 2008)
Climate Change and Displacement: Forced Migration Review No31:- FMR (2008)
An insecure climate for human security - McAdam and Saul (2008)
The Bonn Points  - EFMSV conference (2008)
Climate Change Migration Displacement: Who will be affected? - IASC (2008)

2007

Control Adapt or Flee: How to Face Environmental Migration? - Renaud et Al (2007)

Key websites

•    UNFCCC For information on international climate change negotiations and the UNFCCC treaty
•    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
•    United Nations University for Environment and Human Security
•    Climate Change, Environment and Migration Alliance (CCEMA)
•    EACH-FOR - EU sponsored research project on climate change and forced migration
•    International Conference on Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability (EFMSV)
•    Climate Refugees Policy Forum - Global Governance Project (GLOGOV) IVM