Migration and climate change

Individuals who would especially benefit from taking the course include:

• UN Country Teams and FAO Staff
• Planners, policy formulators and advisors on migration, agriculture and rural development
• Managers and technical staff in the ministries responsible for agriculture, rural development, migration, employment and others
• General public

• How climate change affects rural livelihoods, multiplies threats and drives migration.
• The importance of context in mobility responses to climate change and the challenges associated with predicting and communicating migration trends.
• The range of outcomes from climate related migration, from long term resilience, through to maladaptation.
• The potential of remittances to meet basic needs, and enhance long-term resilience.
• The social implications of migration on men, women and children.
• The role of policy to create an enabling environment for migration as an adaptation.

The course consists of 2 lessons of approximately 45 to 60 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 – Climate change, rural livelihoods and population movement
• Lesson 2 – Migration and adaptation to climate change

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