Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
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cg.contributor.affiliationLund Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationGrenoble Ecole de Managementen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Californiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of New Mexicoen
cg.contributor.affiliationNichols Collegeen
cg.contributor.affiliationArizona State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationJawaharlal Nehru Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre for Economic and Social Studiesen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Georgiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorLund Universityen
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cg.coverage.regionCentral America
cg.coverage.regionNorthern America
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cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/svmknmen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03573-6en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052096en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0165-0009en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalClimatic Changeen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Change
cg.volume176en
dc.contributor.authorCaretta, Martina Angelaen
dc.contributor.authorFanghella, V.en
dc.contributor.authorRittelmeyer, P.en
dc.contributor.authorSrinivasan, J.en
dc.contributor.authorPanday, P. K.en
dc.contributor.authorParajuli, J.en
dc.contributor.authorPriya, R.en
dc.contributor.authorReddy, E. B. U. B.en
dc.contributor.authorSeigerman, C. K.en
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T22:10:33Zen
dc.date.available2023-07-31T22:10:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131354
dc.titleMigration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidenceen
dcterms.abstractDue to its potential geo-political and environmental implications, climate migration is an increasing concern to the international community. However, while there is considerable attention devoted to migration in response to sea-level rise, there is a limited understanding of human mobility due to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes. Hence, the aim of this paper is to examine the existing evidence on migration as an adaptation strategy due to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes. A meta-review of papers published between 2014 and 2019 yielded 67 publications, the majority of which focus on a handful of countries in the Global South. Droughts, floods, extreme heat, and changes in seasonal precipitation patterns were singled out as the most common hazards triggering migration. Importantly, most of the papers discuss mobility as part of a portfolio of responses. Motivations to migrate at the household level range from survival to searching for better economic opportunities. The outcomes of migration are mixed — spanning from higher incomes to difficulties in finding employment after moving and struggles with a higher cost of living. While remittances can be beneficial, migration does not always have a positive outcome for those who are left behind. Furthermore, this meta-review shows that migration, even when desired, is not an option for some of the most vulnerable households. These multifaceted results suggest that, while climate mobility is certainly happening due to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes, studies reviewing it are limited and substantial gaps remain in terms of geographical coverage, implementation assessments, and outcomes evaluation. We argue that these gaps need to be filled to inform climate and migration policies that increasingly need to be intertwined rather than shaped in isolation from each other.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-07-15en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCaretta, M. A.; Fanghella, V.; Rittelmeyer, P.; Srinivasan, J.; Panday, P. K.; Parajuli, J.; Priya, R.; Reddy, E. B. U. B.; Seigerman, C. K.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2023. Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence. Climatic Change, 176(8):100. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03573-6]en
dcterms.issued2023-08en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138485en
dcterms.subjectmigrationen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.subjectstrategiesen
dcterms.subjectfreshwateren
dcterms.subjecthydroclimateen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectlabour mobilityen
dcterms.subjectvulnerabilityen
dcterms.subjectweather hazardsen
dcterms.subjectrisk reductionen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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