Mapping climate mobility hotspot risks: An approach for development organizations to assess risks and responses to climate mobility

Concerns are growing across Latin America and the Caribbean that climate shocks and stresses are directly and indirectly connected to migration, displacement and relocation. But where are the climate mobility hot spots and which populations are most at risk? While statistical models that forecast climate mobility are rapidly improving, there are still uncertainties about the scope, scale and dimensions of climate mobility across the region.

This report proposes a preliminary conceptual approach for development organizations such as UNDP to assess risks and responses to climate mobility. At its centre is a basic framework focusing on a shortlist of climate stresses and shocks, socioeconomic drivers and structural vulnerabilities correlated with out- and in-mobility.

This document was published as part of a series of policy documents by UNDP Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.