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The Environmental Migration Portal Newsletter is produced as part of the "Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy" (MECLEP) project, funded by the European Union, implemented by IOM. 

Environmental Migration Portal Newsletter
Knowledge Platform on People on the Move in a Changing Climate
April 2016
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Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Updates 
 © IOM, 2016
Thematic Panel and Training Workshop on
“Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the lead up to COP22”
22 - 24 March 2016
Rabat, Morocco
 
In preparation for COP22, a Thematic Panel on Migration, Environment and Climate Change brought together key ministerial partners as well as representatives from NGOs, intergovernmental organizations and the academia. This event was followed by the organization of the first specialized training workshop on Migration, Environment and Climate Change in Rabat, funded by the IOM Development Fund. Both events were of particular significance considering that Morocco is organizing the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on November 2016.

Morocco experiences many different forms of migration as a country of origin, transit and destination with large occurrence of internal migration; whilst being hit by a variety of climate and environmental impacts, such as desertification, floods etc. The workshop demonstrated that there is a strong interest in better understanding the evidence on the climate migration nexus and a willingness to work across policy areas to find concrete solutions. In that respect, the workshop focused on identifying concrete follow up action in Morocco to support COP22 and Morocco’s Chairmanship of the COP throughout 2017.
 
The training workshop was organized by IOM Rabat, IOM Headquarters and the Ministry of Moroccan’s Abroad.

For more information on the event and COP22, please consult:
For more information on the linkages between migration, environment and climate change in Morocco, please consult MECC Policy Brief in English or French. 
 
 © Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment, 2016
Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment
21-22 March 
Oxford, UK

The Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment brought together researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Presentations included a focus on environmental law, the securitization of environmental migrants by using the term “climate change refugees”, determinants and impacts of remittance flows in the Ganges Brahmaputra and Mekong Delta Regions, a case study on migration and climate change on Satjalia Island in the Indian Sundarban Delta, Hong Kong’s vulnerability to flooding and associated costs without adaptation, as well as legal and policy issues of climate change in Small Island Developing States.

MECLEP coordinator Susanne Melde presented preliminary findings of the project’s research on relocation experiences in the Dominican Republic, Viet Nam and Papua New Guinea. Findings suggest that three main factors explain the success or lack thereof of past relocations: first, the type of relocation – reactive or preventive; second, the political will to plan, finance and conduct the movement; and third, land tenure traditions enabling or impeding long-term and sustainable solutions. The paper concludes that the existing body of literature provides a sufficient basis for analysing the feasibility and sustainability of planned relocation examples, which need to better inform policy.
 © IOM, 2016
Dissemination Workshop  ''Assessing Vulnerabilities and Responses to Environmental Changes in Cambodia'' 
8 April 2016
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

 
A National Workshop was organized on 8 April 2016 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, by the IOM Cambodia Mission. The workshop brought together about 50 officers from various ministries represented at the central and local levels as well as representatives from the academia and the international community.
 
The workshop represented the opportunity to disseminate the results of a groundbreaking study on the linkages between climate, environment, livelihoods and migrations conducted in two regions of Cambodia in fishing and agricultural communities. Data collected points to the fact that migration represent a viable option to reduce households’ vulnerability to environmental shock and that one third of people migrating from the regions surveyed do so directly for environmental reasons. It was also emphasized and recommended that there is a need to collect more evidence and work at the national policy level to better link questions related to climate, environmental degradation, disaster management and risk reduction to migration and human mobility.
 
The event was organized by IOM Cambodia in collaboration with the National Committee for Disaster Management.
 
For more information, please contact Guénolé Oudry, IOM Programme Manager, goudry@iom.int

MECLEP Project Updates
 © IOM, 2016
Research Training Workshop in Kenya
11-15 April 2016
Nairobi, Kenya

The 5th MECLEP research training workshop on the survey on migration as an adaptation strategy to environmental and climate change in Kenya took place from 11 to 15 April 2016 in Nairobi. Kenya is one of the six pilot countries of the “Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy” (MECLEP) project. 

The workshop, led jointly by IOM and MECLEP partner Bielefeld University, aimed at discussing the research objectives, sampling strategy and questionnaire used in all MECLEP project countries to allow for comparability of the results. A meeting with the technical working group, the body guiding MECLEP work in Kenya, was held on 12 April 2016 to ensure government ownership and input into the research. On 14 April, the workshop was devoted to train 23 surveyors and on the last day a pilot testing of the survey was performed in Kangemi, Nairob.  

The overall aim of the MECLEP project is to generate valuable information and data for policymakers working on environmental migration and climate change. To collect the relevant information in Kenya, 1,800 households will be surveyed in three counties (Kisumu, Kitui and Nairobi) by the trained surveyors with the questionnaire having been translated into Kiswahili, Dholuo and Kamba languages, to overcome the language barriers. The results of the survey will be published in a country report as well as a final comparative report of the MECLEP project countries by the end of 2016.  

This workshop, conducted in the framework of the MECLEP project, was funded by the European Union.

Media Highlight

MECC Policy Brief Series - Volume 2 - Issue 4

By Irene Leonardelli
 
Azerbaijan, situated in the Caucasus region, is exposed to hazardous environmental challenges ‒ namely natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and landslides ‒ which have displaced thousands of people in recent years. Slow-onset processes, such as salinization, droughts and soil degradation are increasingly affecting communities and livelihoods, and with climate change, the intensity and frequency of these environmental events is expected to increase. Yet research on the migration-environment nexus in Azerbaijan remains scarce, and policies do not make the linkages on the issues at hand. This policy brief sheds light on the existing knowledge and calls for incorporation of human mobility in environmental policies and environmental impacts in migration policies.   

Research Database Updates
Displacement, Development, and Climate Change: International organizations moving beyond their mandates
Climate Change and Labour: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace
Environmental disasters, migration and displacement. Insights and developments from L’Aquila's case
The Impact of Vulnerability and Resilience to Environmental Changes on Mobility Patterns in West Africa
 
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Upcoming Events
Researcher training | MECLEP project 
25-28 April | Mauritius 

Bigger Slums or Better Homes? Solving the Global Climate Displacement Crisis Begins with Land
Displacement Solutions and Global Migration Centre
Tuesday, 26 April 2016 | Geneva, Switzerland

Climate Change and Labour: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace
Thursday, 28 April 2016 | 10:00 – 12:00 
ILO Room no V, R3 North | Geneva, Switzerland

Azerbaijan Policymaker Training Workshop on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
International Organization for Migration  
2-4 May 2016 | Baku, Azerbaijan

Workshop “Quantitative Assessment of Environmentally-Induced Migration”
9-10 May | World Bank | Washington, D.C

Briefing on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Celebrating the signature of the Paris Agreement on climate change
International Organization for Migration
Tuesday, 10 May 2016 | United Nations HQ, New York, USA
 
Regional Workshop: Land Degradation, Climate Change and Migration in West Africa
18-19 May 2016 |  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

World Humanitarian Summit
UN Secretary-General / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
23-24 May 2016 | Istanbul, Turkey

Second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)
23-27 May 2016 | Nairobi, Kenya
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