Climate change impacts are changing patterns of human mobility worldwide and researchers and policy makers are increasingly aware of this connection. However, the relationship between the impacts of climate change and human mobility is complex.
In this interactive self-paced course, policy makers, development professionals, researchers and students will learn how climate change influences human mobility. By introducing key concepts like climate related migration, disaster displacement, planned relocation and trapped populations, this training will build capacities needed to consider human mobility in the context of climate change (HMCCC) in your respective field of work. The training showcases diverse examples from different countries on the phenomena of HMCCC as well as options how to manage it.
This course is designed for policy makers and staff of government institutions as well as professionals within the field of development. Researchers, students, and anyone interested in learning more about how climate change impacts human mobility are invited to take the course as well.
To finish the entire course, it is necessary to complete all modules. A module is completed when you have viewed all the contents that are provided and accomplished all activities. Upon completion of the entire course and passing of a final test, a PDF course certificate and an Open Badge are attained.