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Climate Migration to Cities: Does the Move to Urban Areas Reduce Risk?
When climate migrants move to cities seeking safety and opportunity, do they escape environmental risk — or simply exchange one set of hazards for another?
Migration, Integration, and Diaspora Engagement in the Caribbean: A Policy Review
Caribbean countries face high emigration, fragmented integration policy, and underused diaspora ties. Coordinated regional action is needed to close persistent gaps.
Efforts to Manage Climate Migration Are Slowly Growing, but Their Focus Is Often Indirect
Development organizations are slowly building a field around climate mobility, but with only 54 projects mapped worldwide and scant evaluations, efforts remain small-scale and largely indirect.
Post-Soviet Labor Migrants in Russia Face New Questions amid War in Ukraine
Russia's war in Ukraine has posed a dilemma for Central Asians labor migrants, yet economic necessity continues to drive millions in search of a job in Russia.
In from the Cold? Should Climate Migrants Get Special Legal Migration Pathways?
How should governments respond to climate-related displacement when existing refugee law does not clearly apply?
Amid Record Drought and Food Insecurity, East Africa’s Protracted Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
East Africa's worst drought in decades deepened a protracted humanitarian crisis, displacing millions, pushing children toward starvation, and straining a severely underfunded aid system.
A Century of Climate Migration Upheaval? An Audacious Prediction for the Future
Climate change is fundamentally reshaping not just the planet's ecosystems, but the geography of where human populations can sustainably live.
Climate Change in the World’s Fastest Growing Economy
As oil fuels rapid growth in Guyana, how will the country balance economic transformation, climate vulnerability, and rising migration pressures?
Financing Responses to Climate Migration: The Unique Role of Multilateral Development Banks
Multilateral development banks are uniquely positioned to finance climate migration responses but must build knowledge, data, and partnerships to act effectively at scale.
Reassessing Recruitment Costs in a Changing World of Labor Migration
COVID-19 raised migrant workers' recruitment costs via new testing, travel, and quarantine rules, exposing regulatory gaps and the need for broader worker protections.
