Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

The Climig project aims to be the most exhaustive bibliography on the topic of migration and climate change. This website provides access to the database in MAR. 2020. If you want the latest version (updated NOV. 2021) contact us

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

The Climig project aims to be the most exhaustive bibliography on the topic of migration and climate change. This website provides access to the database in MAR. 2020. If you want the latest version (updated NOV. 2021) contact us

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

The Climig project aims to be the most exhaustive bibliography on the topic of migration and climate change. This website provides access to the database in MAR. 2020. If you want the latest version (updated NOV. 2021) contact us

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

The Climig project aims to be the most exhaustive bibliography on the topic of migration and climate change. This website provides access to the database in MAR. 2020. If you want the latest version (updated NOV. 2021) contact us

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Welcome to Climig database project!

 

If you want to use the latest version of the database to perform advanced research by keywords, type of hazards, etc…we are happy to share a database in ENDNOTE format.

To obtain Climig, write to climig@unine.ch.

You will receive it free of charge as soon as possible.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions related to its use.

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CliMig is the output of a professional data gathering path in 4 stages:

Literature monitoring

Using the most advanced bibliographic research technologies, new publications are identified

SELECTION

The selection of topics to be included is determined

TYPES

The selection of relevant types of literature to be included is decided

KEYWORDS

Specific keywords are implemented

ABOUT

Compiled at the Institute of Geography at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), the CliMig bibliographic database is the first comprehensive collection of resources specifically concentrating on migration, the environment and climate change. The project consists of a fully searchable version of the bibliography on the web that is continuously updated with new publications.

 

The aim is to provide a free major hub for researchers on this important topic worldwide.

Snapshot of articles by CliMig keywords

Asia0%
Environmental Hazard0%
Migadapt ı Migration as an adaptation response0%
Overview ı Synthesis on topic0%

*Data from Climig database updated on March 5, 2020.

OUR TEAM

Etienne Piguet

Etienne Piguet

Professor
Raoul

Raoul Kaenzig

Lecturer
Bruning_Loic

Loic Bruening

Doctoral Assistant
suzy_blondin

Suzy Blondin

Doctoral Assistant
Tiffany Lee

Tiffany Lee

MSc Public Health, Scientific Collaborator

QUOTES

  • Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.

    BAN KI-MOON

  • Population mobility is probably best viewed as being arranged along a continuum ranging from totally voluntary migration, … to totally forced migration, very few decisions are entirely forced or voluntary.”

    HUGO (1996)

  • Migration is often misperceived as the failure to adapt to a changing environment. It is, however, one of the main coping and survival mechanisms that is available to those affected by environmental degradation and climate change.

    Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, IOM Ghana Chief of Mission

  • The migrant crisis continues unabated. By better understanding the risks facing these people, we can do more to protect them.

    Leonard Doyle, IOM

CLIMIG KEYWORDS

The Climig database project assigns its own keywords on the basis of a uniform “manmade” procedure for each publication.

AREA

  • Area identifies the geographic areas of the studies on the basis of UN definitions.
  • Search for papers related to an entire continent, a specific country or to particular regions or cities.

TYPE

Type identifies the kind of case study and its methodology.

  • Overview – for synthesis on the topic.
  • Law – relates to papers dealing with legal issues and/or policies.
  • Empirical studies – CliMig has 6 keyword types:

Type1: Ecological models based on area characteristics (spatial analysis)

Type2: Multilevel analysis based on area and individual characteristics

Type3: Analysis of individual data based on large sample surveys (>100)

Type4: Historical analogues

Type5: Indexes of vulnerability, hotspots identification, scenarios, regional case studies, etc

Type6: Qualitative field case studies using ethnographic methods and small sample questionnaires

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD

Identifies the types of environmental perturbation studied

  • Flood – Flood, flooding, flash flood, rainfall variability,…
  • Hurricane – Hurricane, typhoon, cyclone, storm,…
  • SLR – Sea level rise, SLR, coastal erosion,…
  • Drought – Drought, desertification, heat waves, dry, rainfall variability, land degradation,…

FOCUS

Relates to the specific approach of a paper, which may focus on:

  • DRR / EWS: disaster risk reduction / early-warning system in environmental migration
  • Gender: studies dealing environmental migration with a special focus on gender issues
  • Migadapt: migration as an adaptation response, as a strategy to cope with environmental degradations
  • Perception: representations and perceptions of actors on climate change
  • Statelessness: climate change induced statelessness
  • Trapped: studies dealing with immobility and trapped populations

HOW TO SEARCH

Search the climate change and migration database with or without the CliMig keywords

  • DETERMINE AREA

    Continents, countries, regions or even cities are designated in the keywords field.

  • TYPE

    "overview", "law" or an empirical study between "type 1"-"type 6".

  • ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD

    Flood, Hurricane, SLR, Drought

  • FOCUS

    DRR/EWS, Gender, Migadapt, Perception, Statelessness, Trapped

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DATABASE STATISTICS

1412

NUMBER OF ARTICLES

675

Overview

147

Law

590

Case Studies

*articles last updated 5 march 2020

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CONTACT

climig@unine.ch

The University of Neuchâtel - Institute of Geography, Espace Tilo-Frey 1, CH-2000 Neuchâtel

+ 41 (0)32 718 18 12