In the last decades a consolidated knowledge on the linkage between climate change and migration has been produced. This nexus is particularly relevant for IR scholars exploring migration as a transboundary phenomenon with multiple causes. Climate change is recognised as one of the main drivers of migration, in the Mediterranean as elsewhere, together with economic, social, political and demographic factors. It can produce rising temperatures, rainfall, drought flood and sea-level rise, acting as a threat multiplier of other vulnerabilities such as food security, water security, health issues or natural resource availability (UNEP 2011). However, there is less consensus on how to address the needs of climate migrants, a specific category of people deserving adequate policy initiatives. The governance of climate migration relies upon the involvement of state and non-state actors, relying upon experts’ advice, in the elaboration of specific strategies to minimise the risks and effects of climate change on the most vulnerable people. Focusing on the ‘wider Mediterranean’, a region across Global North and Global South, extending from the European Mediterranean borders towards the sub-Saharan countries, this chapter seeks to assess the policy-response to climate change migration, a transboundary phenomenon that cannot be addressed within state-borders, thus compels a global governance.

Climate Change Migration Enters the Agenda of the Wider Mediterranean: The Long Way Towards Global Governance

Stefania Panebianco
2022-01-01

Abstract

In the last decades a consolidated knowledge on the linkage between climate change and migration has been produced. This nexus is particularly relevant for IR scholars exploring migration as a transboundary phenomenon with multiple causes. Climate change is recognised as one of the main drivers of migration, in the Mediterranean as elsewhere, together with economic, social, political and demographic factors. It can produce rising temperatures, rainfall, drought flood and sea-level rise, acting as a threat multiplier of other vulnerabilities such as food security, water security, health issues or natural resource availability (UNEP 2011). However, there is less consensus on how to address the needs of climate migrants, a specific category of people deserving adequate policy initiatives. The governance of climate migration relies upon the involvement of state and non-state actors, relying upon experts’ advice, in the elaboration of specific strategies to minimise the risks and effects of climate change on the most vulnerable people. Focusing on the ‘wider Mediterranean’, a region across Global North and Global South, extending from the European Mediterranean borders towards the sub-Saharan countries, this chapter seeks to assess the policy-response to climate change migration, a transboundary phenomenon that cannot be addressed within state-borders, thus compels a global governance.
2022
978-3-030-90294-0
978-3-030-90295-7
Mediterranean Global South; climate change; wider Mediterranean agenda; global governance
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