Young Educators – European Network

Author: Young Educators European Network

  • Climatic and Environmental Factors Matter for Internal European Net Migration: A Panel Regression Analysis of 19 European Countries from 2004 to 2019

    Climatic and Environmental Factors Matter for Internal European Net Migration: A Panel Regression Analysis of 19 European Countries from 2004 to 2019

    This study explores the connections between climatic and environmental factors and internal net migration in Europe, addressing a topic that has received growing political, academic, and public interest.

    Previous research has focused mainly on the Global South or on international migration in the Mediterranean region, but this study concentrates on internal migration within 19 European countries between 2004 and 2019, using municipalities as the unit of analysis.
    Using panel regression models, the authors examine the relationship between internal net migration and a wide range of climatic factors (sunshine, temperature, precipitation) and environmental indicators (pollution, vegetation, wildfires), while controlling for economic drivers.

    The authors find that climatic and environmental factors significantly contribute to explaining internal migration patterns, with strong regional and national differences. These factors have the greatest explanatory power in Southern Europe but also matter in other regions.

    This also supports the concept of amenity migration, suggesting that Europeans move toward more favorable and away from less favorable climatic and environmental conditions. It becomes evident that climate- and environment-related migration is already a reality within Europe and should be recognized as such to ensure that mobility remains voluntary and adaptive rather than forced or maladaptive.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-025-02484-9

    Reference

    Link, A.-C., & Brenner, T. (2026). Climatic and environmental factors matter for internal European net migration: A panel regression analysis of 19 European countries from 2004 to 2019. Regional Environmental Change, 26(1)

  • Climate-Induced Migration: A Growing Concern for Global Food Security and Nutrition

    Climate-Induced Migration: A Growing Concern for Global Food Security and Nutrition

    Climate-induced migration has emerged as a critical challenge to global food security and nutrition, particularly in regions with fragile agricultural systems and limited adaptive capacity, and this review synthesizes recent evidence on the interconnections between climate change, migration, and food insecurity, focusing on the pathways through which environmental stressors drive displacement and alter access to adequate and nutritious food.

    It highlights how extreme weather events, land degradation, and resource scarcity disrupt agricultural livelihoods, leading to both voluntary and forced migration.

    It also explores how these movements reshape dietary patterns, increase malnutrition among migrants and host communities, and deepen socioeconomic inequalities.

    By analyzing policy gaps and resilience mechanisms, the authors propose an integrated framework that aligns climate adaptation, migration governance, and food-nutrition policies.

    It concludes with recommendations to strengthen climate-resilient food systems, improve institutional responses, and support vulnerable populations in achieving sustainable food and nutrition security in the context of increasing climate mobility.

    Learn more about this review here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100954

    Reference

    Aremu, V. T., Adedeji, B. O., Ojediran, T. K., & Ajayi, A. F. (2026). Climate-induced migration: A growing concern for global food security and nutrition. Food and Humanity, 6

  • Evidence of Climate and Economic Drivers Affecting Migration in an Unequal and Warming World

    Evidence of Climate and Economic Drivers Affecting Migration in an Unequal and Warming World

    Climate conditions, in complex interrelations with other socioenvironmental, economic, political and cultural factors, significantly play a key role in shaping population density and movement. But these dynamics remain poorly understood.

    This study examines how climate conditions, together with socioenvironmental, economic, political, and cultural factors, shape international migration patterns.

    Using temperature-related climate indices, the authors assess the sensitivity of migration to climate change across 160 countries and regions.

    Results show that mid- to high-latitude countries with cooler baseline climates are projected to experience increased migration inflows, while low-latitude countries are likely to see growing outflows. Climate sensitivity is strongest in higher-GDP countries, whereas lower-GDP countries show less dependence on baseline climate.

    A predictive model combining climate and GDP projections suggests that low-GDP, low-latitude countries will face worsening conditions and increasing migration pressure by the end of the century.

    The study’s results underscore the growing role of economic factors and calls for the integration of climate justice into migration policy to support vulnerable populations in a warming world.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02811-2

    Reference

    Yang, X., Chen, D., Wahab, I. et al. Evidence of climate and economic drivers affecting migration in an unequal and warming world. Commun Earth Environ 6, 782 (2025)

  • Vulnerabilities of Climate Change-Induced Displacement and Migration in South Asia

    Vulnerabilities of Climate Change-Induced Displacement and Migration in South Asia

    South Asian countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change, a region particularly vulnerable to climate hazards, and where people rely heavily on livelihoods sensitive to the environment, such as agriculture or fishing, which can constantly lead to a risk in the decline of living standards.

    As such, climate threats promote inequality among people and destroy assets and infrastructure.

    Following this evidence, this study’s primary goal is to investigate the different aspects and severity of vulnerabilities brought on by displacement and migration brought on by climate change in South Asia.

    The themes covered are, in general, rapid urbanisation and the resulting hardships; health-related vulnerabilities; job and livelihood uncertainties; conflicts, security, and human rights issues; and effects on women, children, and older people.

    It concludes with policy recommendations, at least for South Asian countries, deemed essential but still lacking implementation, to save people from future danger.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-025-00237-x

    Reference

    Harun, M., Rahman, A., & Ferdous, J. (2025). Vulnerabilities of climate change-induced displacement and migration in South Asia. Discover Global Society, 3(1)

  • Climate-Induced Migration and Climate Immobility in Ghana: A Socio-Ecological Mixed Method Study

    Climate-Induced Migration and Climate Immobility in Ghana: A Socio-Ecological Mixed Method Study

    The drivers of climate-induced migration and climate immobility among rural and peri-urban residents in northern and Upper East Ghana are investigated in this paper, where climate stressors such as flooding, extreme heat, windstorms, and drought create both voluntary and involuntary mobility, as well as situations of being “trapped”, despite a desire to move.

    Using an embedded concurrent mixed-methods design, the study surveyed 2,125 participants and conducted 21 interviews across 12 communities in the Talensi and Savelugu districts. Multilevel regression analysis and comparative thematic analysis were used to identify the socio-demographic and experiential factors associated with climate migration and immobility.

    Results showed that 21.7% of respondents had experienced climate-induced migration, while nearly half (49.9%) were climate immobile, reporting no intention to relocate despite climate stress. Older age groups and lower income were associated with higher likelihood of climate immobility. In contrast, individuals who perceived their health as worsening were significantly more likely to migrate.

    Qualitative findings highlighted recurring displacement, with some communities experiencing floods up to 14 times per year due to Bagre Dam spillages.

    The authors conclude that national and local governments must strengthen the adaptive capacities of climate-vulnerable populations to better address both mobility and immobility under climate stress.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100364

    Reference

    Appiah, S. C. Y. (2025). Climate-induced migration and climate immobility in Ghana: A socio-ecological mixed method study. Journal of Migration and Health, 12, 100364

  • The European Union’s Governmentality of Climate-Induced Migration: A Need for Reconceptualization

    The European Union’s Governmentality of Climate-Induced Migration: A Need for Reconceptualization

    Given the significant, irreversible impact of climate change on human migration, policy corresponding to the specific needs of these situations would already be expected to exist. But, although the EU is a leading actor in climate governance, the author finds that its policymaking reflects a more limited and fragmented approach to climate migration.

    So, in this study, how the European Union conceptualizes climate-induced migration is examined, a growing global challenge that calls for more inclusive protection frameworks.

    Using content analysis, the author examined 62 legal and policy documents published between 2009 and 2024. The use of climate change and migration-related concepts, both separately and interrelatedly, is analysed using MAXQDA through both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The research was also supported by Michel Foucault’s governmentality perspective.

    Findings show that the EU’s conceptualization of climate-induced migration and its use of a human rights–based approach remain limited. It is concluded that the EU’s governmentality of climate-induced migration is characterized by slow and constrained policymaking, and the need for a more holistic and rights-based framework is highlighted.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70095

    Reference

    Bozkaya, Ö. (2025). The European Union’s Governmentality of Climate-Induced Migration: A Need for Reconceptualisation. International Migration, 63(5)

  • Global Climate Migration is a Story of Who and not Just How Many

    Global Climate Migration is a Story of Who and not Just How Many

    Understanding the impact of climate change on human migration is critical for policymakers, but it can both incentivize people to migrate and reduce their ability to move, making its effect ambiguous.

    Following this evidence, the authors propose an approach to studying migration that combines causal inference methods with cross-validation techniques to reliably estimate effects of weather on migration within and across borders, an approach that highlights the key role of migrant demographics in the weather-migration relationship.

    They show that allowing climate effects to vary by age and education improves predictive performance more than fivefold compared with assuming uniform effects. This demographic heterogeneity explains much of the variation in migration responses.

    Their projections suggest that climate change will have much larger effects on future cross-border migration for most demographic groups than the average effect indicates. However, differing responses across groups tend to offset one another, shaping the overall migration outcome.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62969-3

    Reference

    Benveniste, H., Huybers, P. & Proctor, J. Global climate migration is a story of who and not just how many. Nat Commun 16, 7752 (2025)

  • How does the Climate Change and Migration Nexus Result in Maladaptation?

    How does the Climate Change and Migration Nexus Result in Maladaptation?

    The characteristics and causes of ineffective migration and how such movements can lead to maladaptation were researched in this article.

    Based on a systematic review of 89 studies, the analysis considers impacts on migrant households, destination communities, and origin communities, including those left behind and trapped populations.

    It is explained how climate-influenced migration can lead to persistent poverty, food insecurity, inequality, exclusion, and social isolation, driven by low income, limited skills and education, weak remittance flows, unequal access to rights, and language barriers.

    The paper demonstrates how the phenomena can undermine local livelihoods and harm both sending and receiving communities, asserting that a clearer understanding of maladaptive migration is essential for policymakers seeking to manage climate-induced mobility more effectively.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2518298

    Reference

    Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R., Sharifi, A., Sadeghi, A., & Allam, Z. (2025). How does the climate change and migration nexus result in maladaptation? Climate Policy, 1–16

  • Safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage

    Safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage

    Proposal:  Reclaiming Living Heritage for Community Resilience and Adaptation in Europe

    Implementation:  2026 to 2030

    Call: HORIZON-CL2-2025-02-TWO-STAGE – Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society – 2025 – Two-stage

    Type of Action: HORIZON-RIA – HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

    Keywords: Social issues, lifestyle migration, unsustainable tourism, community displacement, digital innovations, cultural threat assessment, climate change mitigation strategies

    Objective: The project is designed to safeguard intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Southern Europe against pressures to residents and traditional communities from mass tourism, lifestyle migration, and climate change. The project begins by diagnosing vulnerabilities of ICH through a comprehensive assessment that includes ethnographic research, demographic analysis, and geospatial mapping. This phase culminates in the creation of a digital observatory for real-time community-informed monitoring of cultural spaces and practices. 

    Following the diagnostic work, the project focuses on empowering communities through educational programs and workshops, with a special emphasis on engaging youth and marginalized groups. These activities use creative co-creation and digital storytelling to revitalize and transmit local traditions. The project also involves the co-creation of digital tools.

    These user-friendly, AI-supported platforms allow communities to document and share their heritage, effectively creating “digital micro-museums.” This ensures that local knowledge and narratives guide the safeguarding process. Finally, it translates its findings into actionable governance and policy frameworks. By engaging policymakers and community representatives, the project aims to integrate ICH into urban planning, climate adaptation strategies, and social cohesion frameworks, ensuring that cultural heritage is a central part of sustainable development.

    Partners:

    • Idener Research & Development Agrupacion De Interes Economico
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Centro Studi E Ricerca Impacto Ets
    • Impact Hub Srl
    • Kneia Sl
    • Asociación Para La Investigación, El Diseño Y La Innovación
    • Tcic Ab
    • IAFM – Instituto Andaluz De Formación Y Mercado
    • Universitat Jaume I De Castellon
    • The Dataflow Company
  • Digital Transformation & Social Inclusion

    Digital Transformation & Social Inclusion

    Proposal: Reinventing Opportunities to Overcome underachievemenT in Stem

    Implementation: 2026 to 2029

    Call: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-FORWARD – FORWARD-LOOKING PROJECTS

    Type of Action: ERASMUS-LS – ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 720 872,16€

    Keywords: equality, diversity, inclusion, education, innovation, stem, equal opportunities, non discrimination, equity, gender equality, disability, migration, health

    Objective: The project’s primary objectives include the development and dissemination of innovative methodologies, the advancement of educators’ professional competencies, and the creation of inclusive learning environments that respond to the needs of underrepresented groups. Through a series of structured activities, including transnational training sessions, the co-creation of open educational resources, and the piloting of novel curricula, the consortium aims to facilitate meaningful exchange of knowledge and best practices among participating institutions.

    Targeting educators, learners, vocational training providers, and policy stakeholders, the project adopts a holistic and collaborative approach that aligns with the overarching priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme: inclusion and diversity, digital education, environmental sustainability, and active citizenship.

    The anticipated outcomes include enhanced institutional cooperation, the production of transferable and scalable educational models, and the empowerment of educators and learners to engage more fully in the social and economic life of their communities.

    Ultimately, the project aspires to contribute to the European Education Area by promoting excellence, equity, and innovation across educational sectors.

    Partners:

    • Università Degli Studi Di Genova
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Help Code Italia
    • Universidade De Coimbra
    • Asociacion Building Bridges
    • Cankaya Universitesi Vakfi Türkiye
    • Kodluyoruz Dernegi
  • On Propaganda

    On Propaganda

    Proposal:  On Propaganda – from the past to the present

    Implementation: 2026 TO 2028

    Call: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2025

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 253 695,00€

    Keywords: Populism, Democracy, Fake-news, Human rights, Civil society, Extremism, defence of fundamental rights, democracy, and minority rights, resist polarising, discriminatory, hate speech, promote critical thinking and media literacy, combat propaganda

    Objective: The project aims to raise awareness among European citizens about their shared history and the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance particularly in light of the resurgence of far-right ideologies in European politics. It aligns with the priority “Democratic transition, (re-)building and strengthening society based on the rule of law, democracy, and fundamental rights” and involves a consortium of countries with historical and/or present ties to far-right movements.

    This initiative focuses on strengthening European citizens’ awareness of discursive propaganda as a manipulative tool that threatens EU values, fundamental rights, and democratic institutions. The project encompasses various activities, such as the organisation of memory forums, the creation and testing of formal and non-formal education toolkits on media literacy and the elaboration of a policy recommendation on the use of propaganda by modern far-right parties and movements.

    Targeting young people, teachers, universities, NGOs dedicated to capacity building and defence of fundamental rights and democracy, and museums, the project aims to educate the general population and equip them with tools to critically assess information. By analysing narratives and propaganda from World War II to the present, the project aims to empower individuals to resist polarising, discriminatory, and hate speech, thereby defending fundamental rights, democracy, and minority rights. The comprehensive research will cover propaganda used by totalitarian, authoritarian, Nazi, and fascist parties during World War II, as well as contemporary far-right parties. In this sense, the project seeks to promote critical thinking and media literacy amongst the general population of the consortium countries to combat propaganda that weakens EU values and democracy.

    Partners:

    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Archeia Sygchronis Koinonikis Istorias Mi Kerdosk
    • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
    • Federazione Italiana Diritti Umani Comitato Italia
    • Universidade Do Minho
  • Is Climate Change a Valid Reason for Migration? Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment

    Is Climate Change a Valid Reason for Migration? Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment

    Is climate change perceived as a legitimate reason for long-term immigration? And under what conditions this perception holds?

    Using a conjoint experiment with a quota-representative sample of Dutch respondents, the research explores public attitudes toward climate migrants.

    Study results show that climate migrants are viewed more favorably than economic migrants but less favorably than asylum seekers fleeing persecution. Contrary to expectations, political ideology and climate attitudes do not significantly moderate these views.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2025.2514195

    Reference

    Faure, M., Kantorowicz, J., & Weiss, A. (2025). Is climate change a valid reason for migration? Evidence from a conjoint experiment. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 1–22

  • Becoming a Climate Migrant: Climate Change and Sequential Migration Decision-Making

    Becoming a Climate Migrant: Climate Change and Sequential Migration Decision-Making

    When and how does someone living through climate crisis decide to migrate? This article theorizes climate migration through an ethnographic case study from northeastern Colombia during a period of prolonged drought.

    Results demonstrate that migration decisions in the context of climate crisis are not single events, but part of a sequence of repeated choices to stay or leave. The number of previous decisions to stay shapes the likelihood of migration, alters the severity of climate impacts needed to trigger movement, and leads to different categories of migrants. These decisions are influenced by households’ material and social resources, as well as their subjective experiences of time under climate stress.

    The study also identifies two main types of climate migrants – adaptive migrants and distress migrants – and also highlights individual strategic migrants as a strategy for household immobility.

    Overall, it argues for a sequential model of climate migration that recognizes multiple pathways and outcomes of mobility and immobility.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaf027

    Reference

    Brianna Castro, Becoming a Climate Migrant: Climate Change and Sequential Migration Decision-Making, Social Problems, 2025

  • The Magnitude of Climate Change-Induced Migration: An Overview of Projections and a Case for Attribution

    The Magnitude of Climate Change-Induced Migration: An Overview of Projections and a Case for Attribution

    While it has been vastly proved that weather and climate affect migration, few studies have attempted to project future impacts or attribute past migration patterns to climate change.

    In light of this, in this paper the existing projections of climate change impacts on human migration are reviewed.

    A comparison reveals that projections for international migration from African countries differ by up to two orders of magnitude, while for internal migration even the direction of change is uncertain. None of the existing models adequately explain historical migration trends, limiting confidence in their forecasts.

    The authors then discuss two modeling approaches: econometric models, which identify marginal climate effects but are limited for long-term projections, and total migration models, which can capture complex dynamics but are difficult to constrain.

    In the end, they suggest that future improvements may come from better understanding nonlinear responses to increasingly extreme climate conditions.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1570995

    Reference

    Schewe, J., & Beyer, R. (2025). The magnitude of climate change-induced migration: An overview of projections and a case for attribution. Frontiers in Climate, Volume 7

  • The Nexus Between Migration and Environmental Degradation Based on Fundamental Climate Variables and Extreme Climate Indices for the MENA Domain

    The Nexus Between Migration and Environmental Degradation Based on Fundamental Climate Variables and Extreme Climate Indices for the MENA Domain

    According to the authors of this study, environmental migration has recently become the primary source of population growth in the Middle East and North Africa, as environmental degradation from extreme events has created the environmental refugee concept with a variety of manners affecting lives.

    In line with this, they propose to investigate how environmental degradation and climate extremes influence migration in the MENA region, using a hybrid approach that combines regional climate modeling (RegCM4.4) with statistical analysis (ordered logit). The analysis covers 65 countries and projects impacts for the periods 2021–2050 and 2051–2080.

    The study assesses how key climate variables – maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation – along with indicators such as hot days, tropical nights, and dry days, affect net migration rates.

    Findings show that minimum temperatures are projected to increase in all major cities, while precipitation is expected to decline in mid-latitude and Mediterranean regions.

    Statistical results indicate a positive relationship between rising minimum temperatures and net migration, and a negative relationship between precipitation and migration. These trends suggest that worsening heat and water scarcity may encourage migration toward cooler regions.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100564

    Reference

    An, N., Demiralay, Z., Ucal, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2025). The nexus between migration and environmental degradation based on fundamental climate variables and extreme climate indices for the MENA domain. Climate Services, 38

  • Unveiling the Interrelations Between Migration, Climate Change, and Energy Transitions in the Context of Socioeconomic Disparities

    Unveiling the Interrelations Between Migration, Climate Change, and Energy Transitions in the Context of Socioeconomic Disparities

    The interplay between migration, climate change, energy transitions, and socioeconomic inequality are examined in this paper, highlighting their influence on regional resilience and sustainable development.

    Through an analysis of existing literature, it investigates how migration is shaped by environmental stress, energy challenges, and economic inequalities, emphasizing the dual role of migration as both a response to and a driver of climate change.

    Additionally, it analyzes the relationship between energy systems and migration, focusing on how energy access, transitions, and sustainability efforts influence socioeconomic conditions, particularly in vulnerable regions. Key gaps are also identified in the literature, especially concerning the social and economic impacts of these interconnected processes.

    Results suggest that energy transitions can either reduce or intensify regional inequalities and shape resilience to climate-induced migration.

    The authors conclude by advocating for a more integrated policy and research agenda that links climate migration, energy security, and socioeconomic equity.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.3390/en18071625

    Reference

    Łukaniszyn-Domaszewska, K., Mazur-Włodarczyk, K., & Łukaniszyn, M. (2025). Unveiling the Interrelations Between Migration, Climate Change, and Energy Transitions in the Context of Socioeconomic Disparities. Energies, 18(7), 1625

  • The Impact of Climate Change on Forced Migration in the Sahel: Human RightsPerspective (Nigeria as a Case Study)

    The Impact of Climate Change on Forced Migration in the Sahel: Human RightsPerspective (Nigeria as a Case Study)

    Noticing how climate change casts a shadow on Nigeria’s Sahel region, driving environmental degradation, disrupting livelihoods, and displacing communities, with grave consequences, leaving the most vulnerable in the society square up against human rights abuses in their search to escape their environmental misfortune, the authors saw imperative to study the phenomena.

    This narrative review examines the human rights dimensions of climate change–induced migration in Nigeria’s Sahel region, where environmental degradation, livelihood disruption, and displacement have intensified. Anchored in environmental migration theory, a human rights–based approach, intersectionality theory, and governance and policy theory, it explores the drivers, impacts, and potential solutions to this complex issue.

    Droughts, desertification, and erratic rainfall were identified as major environmental factors forcing communities to migrate. Climate change is shown to severely affect livelihoods and food security, raising serious human rights concerns related to access to food, water, health, and education, particularly for vulnerable groups.

    Study results emphasize the need for a comprehensive response that combines climate mitigation and adaptation, stronger legal protections for climate migrants, humanitarian assistance, and investment in sustainable development, and it is concluded that improved collaboration and policy action among stakeholders are essential to address root causes, protect human rights, and ensure that equity and inclusion guide all interventions.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.3968/13313

    Reference

    Nenger, Jerome A., Nancy U. Odimegwu and Casmir N. Nwankwo (2024), “The Impact of Climate Change on Forced Migration in the Sahel: Human Rights
    Perspective (Nigeria as a case study)”, Canadian Social Science
    Vol. 20, No. 1, 2024, pp. 23-31

  • Preparing for Climate Migration and Integration: A Policy and Research Agenda

    Preparing for Climate Migration and Integration: A Policy and Research Agenda

    Recent research on climate migration is reviewed in this paper, including projections of future migrant numbers, while introducing a typology that distinguishes strategic migrants, disaster migrants, managed relocation, and trapped populations.

    Drawing on migration theory and research on immigrant and refugee integration, the author proposes that wealthy countries allocate additional visas to poorer countries affected by climate change, partly as a form of climate justice.

    These visas could enable strategic migrants to establish social networks that facilitate further migration and eventually support disaster migrants and relocated communities through co-ethnic relations.

    The author also draws on refugee studies to identify key questions about how best to integrate disaster migrants in the future.

    Additionally, the growing link between climate denialism and anti-immigrant sentiment within right-wing movements is examined.
    It is argued that planning for the successful integration of climate migrants is essential, not only for humanitarian reasons but also to maintain the social trust needed for effective climate mitigation.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2438449

    Reference

    Waters, M. C. (2025). Preparing for climate migration and integration: a policy and research agenda. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 51(1), 4–23

  • Remembering Colonialism and Combating Hate Speech

    Remembering Colonialism and Combating Hate Speech

    Proposal: Remembering Colonialism at Schools: Acknowledging the European Past to Combat Hate Speech

    Implementation: 2025 to 2026

    Call: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2024

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 214 070,00€

    Keywords: Decolonization, Historical memory, education, hate speech, remembrance

    Objective: The goal of the project is to study remember and educate about the European colonial past to combat current discourses of hate speech. Overall, this goal is twofold: on the one hand, it focuses on research-associated activities whereas, on the other hand, highlights the importance of implementing educational programs and promoting active participation of stakeholders and the target groups. 

    The project will maintain a gender perspective, both to ensure parity in the project participation and to understand how the colonial past has had different consequences on people depending on their gender. The project will develop a methodology based on non-formal education to remember European colonial experiences in schools in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and The Netherlands, directed to students of secondary education, teachers and future teachers. 

    This project will contribute to the EU Anti-Racism Strategy 2020-2025 as the theory of change at the basis, and implies that finding new ways of remembering and educating about a history of violations that took place during colonial rule allows societies to become better equipped to respond to current discourses of hate speech, as well as better integrate migrant communities and marginalized minority groups that are often victims of discrimination. 

    Altogether, by intervening in the education sector, the project is to deliver short-term impacts such as raising awareness of how colonialism has shaped European history and identity and how its victims are still negatively affected, especially women, besides giving tools to teachers to adequately incorporate colonialism in history teaching. Finally, long-term impacts include raising a more conscious and tolerant youth that understands the basis of today’s European states as rooted in the colonial period and contributing to a more tolerant society.

    Partners:

    • Fundacio Blanquerna
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Euroclio-De Europese Vereniging Voor Geschiedenis Onderwijsgevenden
    • Associació Catesco/Catalonia For Education, Science And Culture Organization
    • Ahead – Associació D’educadors En Drets Humans
    • University Of Victoria
    • Studio Globo
  • Extending Reality to Increase Impact

    Extending Reality to Increase Impact

    Proposal:  Extending Reality to Increase European Cultural and Creative Industries’ Visibility, Impact, and Success

    Implementation: 2025 to 2029

    Call:  HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01 – Research and innovation on cultural heritage and CCIs – 2024

    Type of Action: HORIZON-IA – HORIZON Innovation Actions

    Proposed Budget: 3 997 777,13€

    Keywords: Social sciences, interdisciplinary, Cultural and Creative Industries, Digital Transformation, Extended Reality (XR), Digital Skills Development, Location-based Games

    Objective: There exists another Europe, one that is invisible unless you are a part of it, and even then, you can see only as far as your connections go. This is the world of European Art and Culture: the world of hidden bookshops, tailors, ateliers and galleries, back-alley concerts and café reading groups, of Indie publishing houses and labels, community contests and art residencies in old cottages, factories, and castles. 

    Many of these enterprises struggle to keep their head above water as digitalisation marches ahead, due to large business conglomerates with extensive web presences, even locals are at times unaware of the rich world of European art and culture that lies at their doorstep. The Project wants to open that door and to make visible, tangible, and interactive the many nodes of creativity that stretch throughout Europe. And will populate the cultural and artistic digital ecosystem of Europe and open it up to the public.

    Partners:

    • Minds & Sparks Gmbh
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Tampereen Korkeakoulusäätiö Sr
    • Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
    • Diversitas It Sustavi D.O.O.
    • Universitaet Hamburg
    • Synyo Gmbh
    • Stimmuli For Social Change
    • Lemon Grass Communication Sl
    • Impact Hub Vienna Gmbh
    • Mira Associacio Cultural
    • Suomen Lastenkulttuurikeskusten Liitto Ry Association Of Finnish Children S Cultural Centers
    • Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
    • Centre for Cultural Management
  • Promote Women Empowerment Through Digital Skills

    Promote Women Empowerment Through Digital Skills

    Proposal:  Creative Opportunities for Digital High-Quality Education through Research

    Implementation:  2025 to 2028

    Call:  ERASMUS-EDU-2024-POL-EXP – European policy experimentation

    Type of Action: ERASMUS-LS – ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 799 816,79€

    Keywords: Boosting gender balance in ICT

    Objective: The project aims to promote female empowerment through digital skills development and the challenging of gender stereotypes, fostering a more inclusive and diverse ICT learning environment. The project promotes the empowerment of females with digital skills and challenges gender stereotypes, thereby creating a more inclusive and diverse ICT learning and teaching ethic for the digital age. A broad but particular research will be conducted, characterized by each territory’s essentials, this research study aims to reshape learning paradigms by emphasizing the need for inclusive digital education, identifying the underrepresentation of girls in ICT studies and professions across Europe and Turkey, and implementing comprehensive policy interventions. 

    Additionally, it seeks to design a teaching framework and policy intervention that foster gender balance in pursuing ICT fields. One of the main aspects is to validate and implement a robust pedagogical model on the topic that can be applied among young people in schools and outside of schools, and that can be widely integrated into standard curricula as well as into non-formal groups, across Europe and Turkey.

    Youth and academic personnel play fundamental roles in making educational changes and having a long-term impact on each participant’s individual life. It is necessary to promote female participation in digital education and transformation for their lifelong decision-making phases regarding the future. The project involves primary and secondary education, including students, headteachers, teachers, parents, educators, and academic personnel, endeavoring to achieve a great positive impact on digital confidence in youth and particularly in females. The project aims to empower skills and self-efficacy in digital, raise awareness, and develop knowledge about the gender gap in the ICT field, promote the usage of digital for education and professional purposes by creating and implementing digital policies and strategies.

    Partners:

    • Help Code Italia Italy Coordinator
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Kodluyoruz Dernegi
    • Asociacion Building Bridges
    • Cankaya Universitesi Vakfi
    • Fundación Finca Experimental Universidad De Almería – ANECOOP
    • Istanbul Steam Bilim Teknoloji Egitim Kultur Sanat Dernegi
    • Università Degli Studi Di Genova
    • Universidade De Coimbra
  • BRIDGE

    BRIDGE

    Proposal: BRIDGE: Building Resilience through Intercultural Dialogue and Global Exchange

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027 

    Call:  ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH – Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges

    Type of Action: ERASMUS-LS – ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 308 581,00€

    Keywords: Resilience, Intercultural Dialogue, Storytelling, Global Exchange

    Objective: The BRIDGE project (Building Resilience through Intercultural Dialogue and Global Exchange) empowers youth across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa to become proactive digital citizens and intercultural leaders. Rooted in values of critical thinking, democratic engagement, and global solidarity, BRIDGE envisions a more inclusive and resilient world shaped by young people. It employs a dynamic blend of digital storytelling, problem-based learning, and virtual exchange to build participants’ global competencies, digital literacy, and cross-cultural understanding.

    In collaboration with partners from Portugal, Belgium, Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde, BRIDGE merges European and African educational expertise. The project directly involves 1,625 young people aged 18–30—especially those facing social, economic, educational, or geographic disadvantages—in a transformative learning journey. Core activities include three structured capacity-building courses: Critical and Creative Thinking for Global Citizenship, Digital Storytelling and Intercultural Narratives, and Podcast Production for Civic Engagement.

    Complementary bootcamps address complex global issues such as colonialism, war, and globalisation, while plenary debates and focus groups nurture democratic dialogue and iterative improvement. Public dissemination events ensure community-level impact and visibility at national and EU levels.

    BRIDGE embeds sustainability through an alumni mentoring network, open-access educational resources, and strategic policy engagement with local and international stakeholders. It aligns with key EU frameworks including the EU Youth Strategy (2019–2027), Digital Education Action Plan (2021–2027), and the European Education Area 2025 objectives.

    BRIDGE contributes to systemic change in youth education. The project ultimately aims to cultivate a confident, engaged generation of young leaders who champion democracy, intercultural dialogue, and social cohesion.

    Partners:

    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Eekhout Academy
    • Instituto Superior De Gestão, Administração E Educação
    • Instituto Superior Politécnico Humanidades E Tecnologias-Ekuikui Ii
    • Universidade De Cabo Verde
  • Drought and Aridity Influence Internal Migration Worldwide

    Drought and Aridity Influence Internal Migration Worldwide

    While the effects of climate change on migration have attracted wide attention, comparative evidence on their role in internal migration remains scarce.

    Using census-based data from 72 countries (1960–2016) and 107,840 migration flows between subnational regions, this study shows that increased drought and aridity significantly influence internal migration, particularly in hyper-arid and arid regions of Southern Europe, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America.

    It is evident that migration patterns are shaped by the wealth, agricultural dependence, and level of urbanization of both origin and destination areas, with stronger responses in rural and agricultural regions.

    And although climatic effects on migration are generally stronger in richer countries, poorer regions tend to experience higher out-migration toward wealthier areas within the same country.

    Furthermore, age and education groups respond differently to climatic stress, revealing distinct mobility patterns across population subgroups and geographic contexts.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02165-1

    Reference

    Hoffmann, R., Abel, G., Malpede, M. et al. Drought and aridity influence internal migration worldwide. Nat. Clim. Chang. 14, 1245–1253 (2024)

  • Effects of Climate Change on Migration in Latin America and Caribbean: A Scoping Review

    Effects of Climate Change on Migration in Latin America and Caribbean: A Scoping Review

    Climate change-induced natural disasters such as hurricanes, landslides, forest fires, and changes in precipitation directly affect rural sectors that depend on field production and other dimensions of everyday life.

    This scoping review examines the health effects of climate change on environmental migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where evidence on this topic remains limited.

    The review analyzes 31 studies identified from PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

    Findings show that climate change affects migrants across three main dimensions: health and healthcare, psychosocial well-being, and infrastructure. Health impacts include limited access to care, underdiagnosis, increased disease vulnerability, and mental health conditions such as stress and anxiety.

    Psychosocial effects involve heightened risks of gender-based violence, social marginalization, family separation, and loss of cultural identity, while infrastructural impacts include environmental degradation and the destruction of agricultural and urban systems.

    The review also documents adaptive responses among migrant populations and offers recommendations for improvement, highlighting the significant and multidimensional consequences of climate change for migrants in the region.

    Learn more about this review here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1412285

    Reference

    Cabieses, B., & Huerta, C. (2024). Effects of climate change on migration in Latin America and Caribbean: A scoping review. Frontiers in Climate, Volume 6-2024

  • Climate Change and Migration: A Review and New Framework for Analysis

    Climate Change and Migration: A Review and New Framework for Analysis

    Seeing how most climate-related migration research remains overly environment – centric, a new interpretive framework is introduced in this article.

    The proposed framework considers five pathways through which climate change may influence migration: short-term shocks, long-term climatic changes, environmental “pull” factors, climate adaptation and mitigation measures, and perceptions and narratives.

    While reviewing evidence across these pathways, the study finds that short-term shocks can both increase and reduce migration, while long-term trends provide only a weak basis for predicting future dynamics.

    Nonetheless, it notes that the latter three pathways remain underexplored, by researchers and policymakers alike.

    Overall, the framework and evidence reviewed suggest a broader and more nuanced understanding of climate-related migration than that reflected in recent IPCC assessments and much of the existing literature.

    Learn more about this article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.886

    Reference

    Daoust, G., & Selby, J. (2024). Climate change and migration: A review and new framework for analysis. WIREs Climate Change, 15(4)

  • Climate Change and Migration: Climate Change Induced Migration in International Law and the Human Right to a Sustainable Environment

    Climate Change and Migration: Climate Change Induced Migration in International Law and the Human Right to a Sustainable Environment

    As droughts, floods, sea-level rise, and other climate change induced phenomena are substantially threatening lives and livelihoods, forcing many to abandon their homes, despite the global dimension of these increasing phenomena, international legal instruments remain insufficient to deal with environmental migration, leaving those affected under insecure circumstances, and many unresolved issues.

    In an attempt at clarification on this complex problem, this paper discusses the difficulties surrounding climate-induced migration in international law and explains why the term “climate refugee” is not yet accurate or legally recognized. The case study of Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand is used to show how these theoretical challenges affect individuals in practice.

    The paper concludes by exploring alternative approaches that move beyond existing legal frameworks, suggesting a shift toward integrating migration into climate adaptation strategies.

    It suggests that such efforts could be supported through adaptation funding and strengthened by emerging international legal developments, including the pending advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.25365/vlr-2023-7-1-94

    Reference

    Karnicar, Carina (2023), “Climate Change and Migration
    Climate Change Induced Migration in International Law and the Human Right to a Sustainable Environment”, University of Vienna Law Review, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023)

  • Migration, Climate Change, and Voluntariness

    Migration, Climate Change, and Voluntariness

    Climate change challenges the means of subsistence for many, particularly in the Global South. To respond to the challenges of climate change, governments increasingly resort to resettling those most affected by land erosion, heat, drought, floods, and the like.

    In this article, the author investigates to what extent resettlement can compensate for the harm that climate-induced migration brings, and questions whether such measures can address the deeper ethical consequences of displacement.

    What are designated as three central harms are identified. First, climate change alters people’s options to such an extent that migration can no longer be considered fully voluntary and may even become coercive. Second, climate-induced migration severs individuals’ ties to territory, which are constitutive for personal autonomy. Third, the loss of traditional and historical lands undermines people’s capacity to imagine a future.

    It is concluded that although resettlement may improve material well-being and human flourishing, it cannot fully compensate for the harm done to individual autonomy, even when relocation is planned and chosen.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0892679423000412

    Reference

    Straehle, C. (2023). Migration, Climate Change, and Voluntariness. Ethics & International Affairs, 37(4), 452–469

  • Climate Migration: A Gendered Perspective

    Climate Migration: A Gendered Perspective

    This article examines climate-induced migration through a gender-sensitive perspective, drawing attention to how pre-existing social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities create a greater likelihood of being forced to move due to the impacts of climate change.

    This can be particularly true for women and girls who face intersectional and structural discrimination, which shapes their resilience, adaptation, and migration experiences.

    This gender dimension remains largely overlooked in research, data collection, and legal frameworks on climate change migration. The lack of gender-sensitive statistics and legal protections contributes to ongoing invisibility, vulnerability, and inadequate protection for affected populations.

    Therefore, the author analyzes the potential, recent developments, and limitations of international legal frameworks in addressing climate migration from a gender-responsive perspective, emphasizing the need to integrate gender considerations into protection mechanisms for climate migrants.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.3233/EPL-239008

    Reference

    Borràs-Pentinat, S. (2023). Climate Migration: A Gendered Perspective. Environmental Policy and Law, 53(5-6), 385-399

  • Preserve the Collective Memory & Intercultural and Intergenerational Exchanges

    Preserve the Collective Memory & Intercultural and Intergenerational Exchanges

    Proposal: Liberation and construction of fraternal Europe 1935 – 1945: 80 years of liberation and hope.

    Implementation:  2024 to 2025

    Call: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2023

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 553 275,00€

    Keywords: Civil society, Combatting Anti-Semitism, EU integration, Racism, xenophobia, other forms of intolerance, Resistance under totalitarian regimes, Holocaust, Resistance, Youth involvement

    Objective: The project is part of the Remembrance 2023 program of the EU and the educational actions around the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Europe. It aims to preserve the memory of the victims, the righteous and the resisters to Nazism through actions in 10 European countries. “Europa: Fraternal Lands” is a call to action for all young Europeans and a collaborative learning and sharing tool for all citizens to build a more fraternal and united future, rejecting hate, violence and extremism.

    This project aims to preserve the collective memory of European history, to promote fraternity and solidarity, to encourage intercultural and intergenerational exchanges, and to strengthen active European citizenship. It sets up concrete actions to meet the identified needs, while ensuring gender equality and non-discrimination.

    The project’s actions aim to raise awareness among young Europeans of the values of fraternity and solidarity, recalling the importance of these values in European history. Thanks to the living libraries, complementary events are set up in the 8 countries of the project to allow: 

    The mobilization of major European memory centers on the Second World War, the exodus, the genocide, the Resistance and the construction of a peaceful future in Europe. This will allow young people and citizens to hear testimonies of this period.

    The mobilization of European universities to involve young people in the transmission of testimonies via a “living library” device. This implies the organization of digital communication projects and the creation of a living library to collect the life stories of the Righteous, the victims and the Resistance fighters in each country, as well as public operations to encourage the transmission of the word.

    The creation of communication campaigns on social networks to make the anniversary of the liberation joyful and educational.

    The meeting of the young ambassadors of the European youth in the European Parliament to discuss the lessons

    Partners:

    • Association Militants Des Savoirs
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Fondazione Centro Di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea -Cdec Associazione
    • Fachhochschule Salzburg
    • Zapadoceska Univerzita V Plzni
    • University Of Bucharest
    • Institute Of Higher Education King Danylo University
    • Internationales Forschungszentrum Für Soziale Und Ethische Fragen
    • Novareckon
    • Post Bellum Zu
    • Les Territoires De La Mémoire
    • Stichting Liberation Route Europe
    • Scenor – Verein Zur Erforschung Aktueller Gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen
    • Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes
    • Fondation Du Camp Des Milles Mémoire Et Education
  • Opposition & Youth-Led Movements in the Euromediterranean Region

    Opposition & Youth-Led Movements in the Euromediterranean Region

    Proposal: Research on Opposition, Building Trusts, and Youth-Led Movements in the Euromediterranean Region

    Implementation: 2024 to 2027

    Call: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01 – Past, present and future of democracies

    Type of Action: HORIZON-RIA – HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

    Proposed Budget: 2 999 036,25€

    Keywords: Participatory/Participation, New participatory democracy models, Youth, Political participation, Democracy, Engagement.

    Objective: In the Euromediterranean region, countries with varying degrees of democratic tradition coexist alongside those with authoritarian regimes. Despite this diversity, a key sector of the population – the youth – developed new ways of engaging with politics.

    However, they remain one of the most underrepresented groups and are susceptible to manipulation due to their extensive use of social media and the digital world. Despite the role that young people tend to play in democratization processes, such as the one experienced 10 years ago in the countries of North Africa, the political elite does not attempt to align with their positions. Instead, they tend to delegitimize the points of view and actions carried out by young people. 

    The main objective of the project is to encourage young people to participate in the electoral and democratic processes in different political systems, challenging the status quo. This will contribute to changing the mutual perception between youth and the political elite. This can be achieved by fitting into the existing culture of opposition and convincing the rest of the population of the need for new forms of participation while respecting the rights of all. 

    Thanks to the actions that will be implemented in this project, young people will be trained to abandon the use of violence and equipped with tools to detect radicalization. At the same time, the political leaders will also recognise the importance of embracing these new methods of comprehending society and the desires of young people. 

    This will generate fresh forms of participation that will strengthen democratic processes in countries where democracy is weak or non-existent and enhance and modernise fully democratic systems. The previous experience of the members of this consortium, combined with the presence of several partners in European university networks, will enable the scale and optimisation of the results to reach a large proportion of young people in the Euromediterranean region.

    Partners:

    • Universidad De Burgos
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Panepistimio Dytikis Makedonias
    • Universidad Del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
    • Associacio Novact
    • Institutul Român Pentru Acțiune, Instruire Și Cercetare În Domeniul Păcii
    • IM Cultural Institute
    • DAMJ
    • Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies
    • Kaakkois-Suomen Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy
    • The Civics Innovation Hub Ggmbh
  • Promoting Democratic Participation

    Promoting Democratic Participation

    Proposal:  Virtual AdvOcacy for PosItive DemoCraciES

    Implementation:  2024 to 2026

    Call: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV – Citizens’ engagement and participation – 2023

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 168 860,00€

    Keywords: Promoting democratic participation, debating the future of Europe, future, europe, youngsters, positive narratives, debate, opinion, democracy, speak-up

    Objective: The project will give a voice to young people on the one hand and support them in change on the other. Indeed, participation is an essential element of citizenship in a democratic society and culture. In fact, youth participation is not an end in itself, but a means of achieving positive changes and building a better democratic society.

    The project will give young people a space to lead the discussion in all areas and in particular those that contribute to positive democracy, including the prevention of extremism, the fight against violence, gender equality, justice, equity, etc. because what they think and decide today will affect not only their own lives, but above all their future.

     The project also aims to strengthen young people’s commitment to solving global and local problems, by promoting their innovative ideas capable of initiating social change and generating positive results. Indeed, involving the younger generation in decision-making can strengthen social cohesion and living together, which is the only way to bring about and maintain peace.

    Due to the fact that many young people are living in low-income nations, few opportunities are available for them to participate and approach decision-making. The lack of willingness in attending traditional participation activities is because the topics are not attractive and many engaging activities fall into tokenism. They may think the participation process is long and boring. Racisms and gender inequalities are also factors that impede participation.

    The accessibility to information and the lack of appropriate engagement platforms are blocking their way to participate as well. Thus, the vast majority of young people are unable to participate in global talks and have no chance to voice and contribute in the social arena. The aim of the project is to analyse, understand and tackle these obstacles by proposing ways and means of overcoming them.

    Partners:

    • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • Association Militants Des Savoirs
    • Universita Ta Malta
    • Fachhochschule Salzburg Gmbh
    • Media Actie Kuregem Stad
  • Climate Change, Vulnerabilities, and Migration: Insights from Ecological Migrants in Bangladesh

    Climate Change, Vulnerabilities, and Migration: Insights from Ecological Migrants in Bangladesh

    This study examines the interaction between environmental hazards and non-environmental factors that drive migration, augmented by the struggles they face and their urban survival strategies.

    It focuses on Aila-induced migrants living in a slum in Khulna city, challenging the idea that environmental hazards alone explain migration from coastal areas.

    Instead, it asserts that migration results from a convergence of multiple factors, like environmental stress, socio-political and economic vulnerabilities, and proximity to ecologically fragile regions. Although initially driven by subsistence needs, migration becomes a longer-term strategy for many marginalized individuals.

    It is also emphasized how migrants form strong place-based networks that support their adaptation to urban life and help them cope with urban challenges, as well as the complexity of climate-induced migration and the need for comprehensive and context-sensitive policy responses.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1177/10704965231211589

    Reference

    Uddin, M. J. (2023). Climate Change, Vulnerabilities, and Migration: Insights from Ecological Migrants in Bangladesh. The Journal of Environment & Development, 33(1), 50-74

  • Promoting Democratic Participation Through Debate

    Promoting Democratic Participation Through Debate

    Proposal: Engaging Youth in EU Politics in the Aftermath of Elections

    Implementation: 2024 to 2026

    Call:  CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV – Citizens’ engagement and participation – 2023

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 657 525,00€

    Keywords: Promoting democratic participation through debating the future of Europe, Youth Participation, European Civic Education, Future of Europe

    Objective: The project aims to enable true citizens’ contribution to the democratic and civic life of the European Union by learning [about] Europe and by shaping Europe, which are its two main pillars. While the first pillar of the project will focus on European Civic Education and raising awareness on EU values and opportunities for European youth from all backgrounds, the second pillar will enable youth to put into practice what they have learned through the knowledge-building pillar, and debate relevant topics surrounding their hopes and dreams for the future of Europe.

    The overall objectives of this project are to encourage youth to remain involved in European Democracy in the aftermath of EP election 2024, and to inform young people about the EU through non-formal education methodologies and to empower them to use their voice to actively engage with decision-makers.

    Furthermore, it will equip teachers and educators with the skills to become multipliers of spreading EU values among their pupils. The project will additionally strengthen meaningful participation among European youth organisations, given their prominent role as connectors between European youth and stakeholders/institutions. Finally, it will inspire European youth to become catalysts for change in developing a future European Union that is inclusive and representative of young voices.

    Partners:

    • Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • European Youth Forum
    • Les Jeunes Européens-France Association
    • Rural Youth Europe EV
    • Organizing Bureau Of European School Student
    • Assemblee Des Regions D’europe Association
    • Federación De Asociaciones Jóvenes Europeístas
    • Evropeisko Mladezhko Dvizhenie
    • Jaunieji Europos Federalistai
    • Young European Federalists (JEF Malta)
  • Climate Change and the Public Health Imperative for Supporting Migration as Adaptation

    Climate Change and the Public Health Imperative for Supporting Migration as Adaptation

    As human mobility has reached unprecedented levels in an era of accelerating global climate change, it is acknowledged that many cases of human migration in the context of climate change are forced or involuntary, particularly where adaptation measures have failed to achieve sufficient resiliency of communities against disasters.

    There are also many cases where migration is, itself, a voluntary adaptive measure to secure otherwise unattainable physical safety and life-sustaining resources.

    But, although climate migration is often approached as a human rights issue, it is noted that the public health community has been less unified and vocal on the topic.

    This paper, developed by the World Federation of Public Health Associations’ Environmental Health Working Group, seeks to address this gap by analyzing adaptive climate migration through a public health lens.

    The authors argue that creating an enabling environment for adaptive climate migration is not only a human rights imperative but also a public health necessity. They support this claim by showing how such environments can strengthen core public health services and functions, as outlined in the Global Charter for the Public’s Health.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100174

    Reference

    Marcus, H., Hanna, L., Tait, P., Stone, S., Wannous, C., & A product of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Environmental Health Working Group (2023). Climate change and the public health imperative for supporting migration as adaptation. Journal of migration and health, 7, 100174

  • Migration and Climate Change – The Role of Social Protection

    Migration and Climate Change – The Role of Social Protection

    Social protection as a tool for supporting climate-vulnerable populations by reducing livelihood risks and smoothing consumption is examined in this systematic review.

    Drawing on 28 studies, it analyzes how social protection influences migration decisions, experiences, and outcomes in the context of climate change through mechanisms such as cash transfers, public works programs, insurance, and health care.

    Three key ways in which social protection policies are linked to climate-related migration are identified: social protection can ease financial barriers to migration as a strategy to manage climate risks, address adverse drivers that may force maladaptive or distress migration, and support those who remain behind in maintaining their livelihoods.

    Results highlight the potential of social protection to encourage more positive climate-migration outcomes for policymakers, practitioners, and affected communities.

    At the same time, the authors notice important knowledge gaps regarding how social protection can best support vulnerable groups. and further empirical research is called for, especially for the inclusion of social protection in climate and migration policy debates, to support voluntary and planned migration when long-term adaptation is no longer viable.

    Learn more about this review here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100472

    Reference

    Silchenko, D., & Murray, U. (2023). Migration and climate change – The role of social protection. Climate Risk Management, 39, 100472

  • The Future is Now: Climate Displacement and Human Rights Obligations — A Note on Recent Developments in the UN Human Rights Committee

    The Future is Now: Climate Displacement and Human Rights Obligations — A Note on Recent Developments in the UN Human Rights Committee

    Although climate-related litigation has been a growing global concern, the author of this paper notices that climate mobility in itself has seldom been the subject of relevant case law.

    Only human rights bodies in particular have begun to make progress in legal developments in the sphere of climate mobility.

    In this paper, a 2022 determination by the UN Human Rights Committee is examined, which concerns the habitability of a small island setting – Australia’s Torres Strait Islands – under climate change conditions and the legal responsibilities of nation states to abide by their international human rights obligations in implementing timely adaptation measures, which could help to ensure continued habitation.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.1061474

    Reference

    Thornton F (2022) The future is now: Climate displacement and human rights obligations—a note on recent developments in the UN Human Rights Committee. Front. Clim. 4:1061474

  • A Systematic Review of Climate Migration Research: Gaps in Existing Literature

    A Systematic Review of Climate Migration Research: Gaps in Existing Literature

    In this literature review, an analysis is made of how climate-induced migration is framed in academic literature, and key research gaps are identified.

    For this purpose, a systematic review was done of 161 journal articles published between 1990 and 2019.

    Results reveal diverse discourses focusing on policy, climate vulnerability, adaptation, resilience, conflict, security, and environmental issues. Asia emerges as the most studied region, followed by Oceania, indicating a strong research focus on tropical and subtropical areas.

    The authors note that climate – induced migration affects livelihoods, socio – economic conditions, culture, security, and health, but that little is known about the livelihood outcomes of climate migrants in international destinations and their impacts on host communities.

    They conclude by proposing a research agenda and emphasizing the urgent need for coordinated global and national policies to address climate-induced migration as a major global challenge.

    Learn more about this review here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00341-8

    Reference

    Ghosh, R.C., Orchiston, C. A systematic review of climate migration research: gaps in existing literature. SN Soc Sci 2, 47 (2022)

  • Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration

    Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration

    This paper investigates the long-term effects of climate change on global migration and inequality, having the authors modeled the impact of climate change on productivity and utility in a dynamic general equilibrium framework.

    By endogenizing migration decisions across millions of spatial cells, the study captures the scale and structure of climate-induced migration across regions and education groups.

    Study findings show that climate change intensifies global inequality and poverty, reinforces urbanization, and increases migration from low- to high-latitude areas. Median projections suggest that global warming could lead to the voluntary and forced permanent relocation of around 62 million working-age individuals during the 21st century.

    Overall, it is concluded that under current international migration policies, only a small share of those affected are able to move beyond their home countries, and that while massive international migration is unlikely under most scenarios, climate-driven poverty poses a major global threat.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvab054

    Reference

    Michał Burzyński, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier, Jaime de Melo, Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration, Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 20, Issue 3, June 2022, Pages 1145–1197

  • A Global Child Health Perspective on Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights

    A Global Child Health Perspective on Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights

    The growing impacts of anthropogenic climate change on human displacement and child health are vast, and the need for immediate collaborative action and policy change to reduce carbon emissions is imperative.

    Climate-related disasters and extreme weather events are already disrupting livelihoods, economies, population health, and human rights, creating large-scale migration and displacement crises with serious consequences for children.

    Displacement and migration, both within and across national borders, have significant physical and mental health effects on children, who are particularly vulnerable due to their developmental immaturity and dependence on others for safety and resources. Although they bear little responsibility for the climate crisis, children face some of its most severe consequences, raising concerns about social and intergenerational injustice.

    In this paper, the role of pediatric health care providers in caring for displaced children and advocating for those most at risk is emphasized.

    It offers a global perspective on climate change, including how its impacts reflect and reinforce colonial legacies, and provides practical action steps for clinicians in the United States and for those advocating for children’s health worldwide.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101029

    Reference

    Uddin, R., Philipsborn, R., Smith, D., Mutic, A., & Thompson, L. M. (2021). A global child health perspective on climate change, migration and human rights. Climate Change and Children, 51(6), 101029

  • Migration and Dignity – Relocation and Adaptation in the Face of Climate Change Displacement in the Pacific – A Human Rights Perspective

    Migration and Dignity – Relocation and Adaptation in the Face of Climate Change Displacement in the Pacific – A Human Rights Perspective

    In this study, the threat of climate-induced displacement facing millions of people is looked into, with particular attention to Small Island States in the Pacific. Focusing on the case of Kiribati, it analyzes the shift from the government’s former Migration With Dignity (MWD) relocation strategy to a new approach centered on economic development, climate adaptation, and mitigation.

    Using a human rights perspective, it seeks to explore and contrast the potential and limitations of cross-border relocation with the current adaptation strategy, illustrated by an urban and land development project in Temaiku Bight on South Tarawa.

    It further considers alternative pathways, including expanded labor migration quotas and humanitarian visas.

    The study demonstrates that neither adaptation nor relocation alone offers a sufficient solution. Instead, a combination of strategies is needed to protect dignity and rights. It concludes by outlining key policy issues that must be addressed to ensure meaningful, rights-based migration options for the people of Kiribati in the years ahead.

    The author also argues that while adaptation and economic growth may take some time and regional cross-border relocations give no precedent for best practice, the best solution is a combination of options which cannot exist in isolation, summing up the numerous policy issues which must be addressed for there to be any hope of migration and dignity for the people of Kiribati in the years to come.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2021.1889515

    Reference

    Kupferberg, J. S. (2021). Migration and dignity – relocation and adaptation in the face of climate change displacement in the Pacific – a human rights perspective. The International Journal of Human Rights, 25(10), 1793–1818

  • Climate Change, Migration, and Civil Strife

    Climate Change, Migration, and Civil Strife

    In this theoretical paper, the intersection of human migration and climate change is investigated, highlighting growing evidence that environmental and climatic changes act as triggers for both voluntary and forced displacement. The authors argue that this connection calls for anticipatory and proactive engagement at global, regional, and local levels.

    Recent evidence indicates that climate change is likely to displace large populations from rural to urban areas, with onward migration occurring when urban centers also become uninhabitable.

    Climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier” that intensifies existing vulnerabilities and disproportionately affects already at-risk populations. Worst-case projections suggest that nearly one-third of the world’s population could be exposed to extremely hot, uninhabitable climates under business-as-usual scenarios.

    The authors conclude that current migration regimes, originally designed for post–World War II Europe, are inadequate for addressing climate-related population movements. They emphasize the need to use existing legal instruments to support new local, regional, and international protection arrangements, particularly since most environmental migrants will remain within their own countries.

    Migration is therefore reframed not only as a consequence of climate instability but also as an adaptation strategy, and it is stressed that climate-driven mobility must be anticipated, planned for, and supported.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-020-00291-4

    Reference

    Balsari, S., Dresser, C. & Leaning, J. Climate Change, Migration, and Civil Strife. Curr Envir Health Rpt 7, 404–414 (2020)

  • Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration

    Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration

    In this paper the impacts of climate change on migration and climate refugees experiences are investigated, through the use of an agent-based model (ABM) of land use, social networks, and household dynamics to examine how extreme floods and droughts affect migration in Northeast Thailand.

    The ABM models dynamic and interactive pathways, including both out-migration and return migration.

    Study results indicate minimal effects on out-migration but strong negative effects on return migration, highlighting the central role of social networks in shaping these patterns.

    They also suggest that climate change does not create entirely new migration processes, but instead operates through existing mobility patterns embedded in social networks and life-course trajectories, where out- and return migration are closely interconnected.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1086/709463

    Reference

    Entwisle, B., Verdery, A., & Williams, N. (2020). Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration. AJS; American journal of sociology, 125(6), 1469–1512

  • Climate Change and Displacement: Protecting ‘Climate Refugees’ within a Framework of Justice and Human Rights

    Climate Change and Displacement: Protecting ‘Climate Refugees’ within a Framework of Justice and Human Rights

    In this paper, climate-induced migration is examined as a complex and far-reaching consequence of climate change, with forced displacement affecting millions worldwide.

    The author notices that although the link between climate change and migration was recognized as early as the first IPCC report in 1990, displacement was only formally included in climate policy frameworks decades later.

    A discussion is then presented on the scale and complexity of climate-related displacement, while paying particular attention to small island states and the climate–conflict–displacement nexus.
    It reviews the international legal framework for political refugees and highlights the legal gaps that leave climate migrants without adequate protection, alongside recent developments, such as the Global Compact on Migration and the Task Force on Climate Displacement.

    The author argues that while existing human rights law offers some protection, it is insufficient to meet the needs of climate migrants. Urgent international action is called for, to establish a dedicated legal regime, emphasizing that major greenhouse gas emitters have a responsibility to support displaced populations, especially those from small island states facing the loss of their homelands.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2020.01.04

    Reference

    Atapattu, S. (2020). Climate change and displacement: protecting ‘climate refugees’ within a framework of justice and human rights. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 11(1), 86-113

  • Outre-Mer

    Outre-Mer

    Proposal: Les Ambassadeurs de la citoyenneté et de la mobilité européennes dans les Régions ultrapériphériques de l’Union européenne

    Implementation: 2020 to 2023

    Call:  Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 2 – KA205 – Strategic partnership for youth

    Type of Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

    Proposed Budget: 210 754,00€

    Keywords: outermost regions

    Objective: At the last European elections in May 2019, turnout was particularly low in the outermost regions of the European Union. The European Union seems very distant for citizens living in the outermost regions of the European Union. To combat this feeling of remoteness and to encourage the outermost regions to make their European citizenship their own, the project is going to create a network of ambassadors for European citizenship and mobility in the outermost regions of the European Union.

    The project wants to develop educational activities in the outermost regions of the European Union for those who are furthest removed from European citizenship. The project wishes to develop educational interventions for a larger scale young public in the outermost regions of the European Union. To do this, we want to train youth workers and youth organisations to create a genuine network of ambassadors of European citizenship and mobility capable of carrying out educational activities in the outermost regions of the European Union.

    The pedagogical interventions will be aimed primarily at a young public from 6 to 25 years old, using playful and participatory non-formal education methods. The aim of these interventions will be to familiarise young people with the workings of the EU, to make them aware of their European citizenship, the rights linked to it and the opportunities for international mobility it offers them.

    In parallel to these pedagogical interventions directly aimed at a young audience, we will also carry out training of trainers for youth workers and workers in the fields of education, training and youth. These training of trainers will allow the increase in skills of the animators and teachers by appropriating new methods and pedagogical tools so that they will be able to raise awareness of the target public.

    Partners:

    • JEF France
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • CRAJEP La Réunion
    • Forum Français de la Jeunesse
    • Fédération des Maisons des Lycéens
    • JEF Spain
  • Climate Change Impact on Migration, Travel, Travel Destinations and the Tourism Industry

    Climate Change Impact on Migration, Travel, Travel Destinations and the Tourism Industry

    The impact of climate change on migration and travel with implications for public health practice are discussed in this literature review.

    How climate change influences migration and travel is examined, and the implications of these processes for public health. Climate change is increasing temperatures, intensifying extreme weather events, and contributing to sea-level rise, which can reduce land productivity, food and water security, and ultimately lead to population displacement. These environmental changes interact with social, economic, and demographic factors to shape migration patterns.

    It shows that migrants may face increased risks of communicable and non-communicable diseases due to conditions in their countries of origin, during migration, and in destination settings.

    At the same time, growing travel and tourism, combined with climate-driven changes in disease ecology, are expanding the geographic range of vector-borne diseases, including into temperate and high-income regions.

    The authors conclude that health systems must be prepared for the public health impacts of climate-related migration and travel. Integrated surveillance, early case detection, and coordinated public health interventions are essential to protect population health and prevent communicable disease outbreaks.

    Learn more about this review here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz026

    Reference

    Semenza, J. C., & Ebi, K. L. (2019). Climate change impact on migration, travel, travel destinations and the tourism industry. Journal of travel medicine, 26(5), taz026

  • Human Rights and Climate Displacement and Migration

    Human Rights and Climate Displacement and Migration

    Initiatives that offer opportunities to develop more effective, practical, and politically viable strategies for addressing climate-related migration are discussed in this article.

    It is emphasized how human rights law already provides robust protection for migrants moving under a wide range of circumstances, but climate change is expected to continue increasing both forced displacement and voluntary migration, within countries and across borders.

    Migration to urban areas or abroad can reduce pressure on households by easing resource constraints and generating remittances for those who remain behind.

    The author argues how the scale of future displacement will largely depend on government action to reduce carbon emissions, strengthen community resilience, mitigate climate risks, and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

    Learn more about this article here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315312576-8/human-rights-climate-displacement-migration-alice-thomas?context=ubx&refId=fd54b6b6-464b-4968-b43b-38b71c31bcb6

    Reference

    Thomas, Alice (2018), “Human rights and climate displacement and migration”,
    Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance, 2018 (1), Routledge

  • Climate Justice, Migration and Human Rights

    Climate Justice, Migration and Human Rights

    This article explains how a human rights – based, multi-stakeholder approach – incorporating corporate social responsibility – has emerged within the framework of climate justice.

    Climate justice is presented as a model that envisions international human rights standards implemented in accountable, transparent, and participatory ways. It notes the growing visibility and influence of global climate summits, court decisions, civil society organizations, and action networks in advancing this agenda.

    Beyond holding governments and corporations accountable, it explains how climate justice also provides a way to understand migration and human rights, and is also a way to conceptualise path dependencies assessing what climate change-affected migrants and other communities undergo in terms of human rights.

    Learn more about this article here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315622217-4/climate-justice-migration-human-rights-anja-mihr?context=ubx&refId=3124474b-677b-4881-88df-250c483f4986

    Reference

    Mihr, Anja (2017), “Climate justice, migration and human rights”, Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge

  • Critical Perspective on the Identification of ‘Environmental Refugees’ as a Category of Human Rights Concern

    Critical Perspective on the Identification of ‘Environmental Refugees’ as a Category of Human Rights Concern

    In light of the phenomenon of climate change induced migration, this chapter offers a critical reflection not only on the insufficiencies of existing governance, but also of the flaws and weaknesses of reform proposals

    The author challenges the normative discourse surrounding the term “environmental refugee”, focusing on these main ideas: First, environmental migration cannot be governed by analogy with refugees. Second, there is no ethical justification for the protection of environmental migrants as such: solidarity-based arguments rather argue for the protection of migrants, whereas responsibility-based arguments call for a form of ‘climate justice’ for all those affected by climate change.

    Overall, the author urges a more critical and nuanced approach to environmental migration that moves beyond simplistic legal and moral frameworks.

    Learn more about this article here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315622217-3/critical-perspective-identification-environmental-refugees-category-human-rights-concern-beno%C3%AEt-mayer?context=ubx&refId=291640cd-eded-4e60-92ef-0d93f81aa363

    Reference

    Mayer, Benoît (2017), “Critical perspective on the identification of ‘environmental refugees’ as a category of human rights concern”, Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge

  • The Human Rights of Climate-Induced Community Relocation

    The Human Rights of Climate-Induced Community Relocation

    In this paper, the case study of the relocation of Newtok – an Indigenous community in Alaska – as a response to climate change is analyzed, exploring human rights issues surrounding climate-induced planned relocations. Newtok is an example of a coastal community that faces forced relocation due to repeated extreme weather, erosion, and the loss of protective coastal barriers.

    The steps taken by federal, state, and tribal governments to support the relocation process are described. However, the absence of designated relocation funding means that agencies must rely on their own budgetary priorities to allocate resources.

    The efforts of Newtok’s tribal government and the Newtok Planning Group are presented here as a model for other communities confronting relocation as a long-term climate adaptation strategy.

    Learn more about this study here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315622217-9/human-rights-climate-induced-community-relocation-robin-bronen?context=ubx&refId=1e1dbd60-e8bc-46a9-959f-38dbb81629d4

    Reference

    Bronen, Robin (2017), “The human rights of climate-induced community relocation”, Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge

  • State Responsibility to Prevent Climate Displacement

    State Responsibility to Prevent Climate Displacement

    In this article, the issue of climate displacement as one of the most significant humanitarian and human rights challenges of the twenty-first century is considered.

    It begins by outlining the global scale of the issue and the particular vulnerabilities faced by people displaced by climate-related hazards, and then proceeds to explore the normative foundations of state responsibility to prevent climate displacement and describes the measures governments can take to fulfill this obligation.

    It also emphasizes how poor and marginalized populations are disproportionately affected in all countries.

    Conclusions assess how climate displacement requires coordinated legislative, policy, and practical actions across disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and development.

    Additionally, it explains how effective prevention must also build on international cooperation, supported by strong domestic legal and policy frameworks at national, regional, and global levels.

    Learn more about this article here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315622217-6/state-responsibility-prevent-climate-displacement-ezekiel-simperingham?context=ubx&refId=258f52a3-86b9-4521-b158-687f4dd3c292

    Reference

    Simperingham, Ezekiel (2017), “State responsibility to prevent climate displacement”,
    Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge

  • Raise Awareness of European Citizenship

    Raise Awareness of European Citizenship

    Proposal: raise awareness of European citizenship and to encourage active European citizenship among young people

    Implementation: 2017 to 2019

    Call:  Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 2 – KA205 – Strategic partnership for youth

    Type of Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

    Budget: 89 975,00€

    Keywords: raise awareness, active citizenship, young people

    Objective: The project activities refer to all interventions in the formal school system and in non-formal learning contexts carried out by youth organisations, based on non-formal education and learning methods in order to raise awareness of European citizenship and to encourage active European citizenship among young people. It aims to provide voluntary young youth workers with the right set of skills and material to design and perform themselves activities directed at young people from primary, secondary and vocational education and training schools.

    Partners:

    • JEF Europe
    • Young Educators – European Network
    • JEF France
    • JEF Malta
    • JEF Germany
  • Exploring the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus

    Exploring the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus

    According to the authors of this study, the potential link between climate change, migration, and conflict has been discussed and is increasingly viewed by policy makers as a security issue.

    However, considerable uncertainty remains regarding the role that climate variability and change play among the many drivers of migration and conflict.

    So, the main objective of this paper became to explore the potential pathways linking climate change, migration and increased risk of conflict.

    They review existing literature and explore the potential pathways, breaking the problem into two components: the links between climate change and migration, and those between migration and conflict.

    Findings reveal a wide range of views on the importance of climate change as a driver of migration and conflict, and it is argued that future research should look beyond a single linear pathway and consider multiple mechanisms through which climate change may exacerbate conflict.

    The article is concluded by proposing five guiding questions to support further research on the climate – migration – conflict nexus.

    Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13040443

    Reference

    Burrows, K., & Kinney, P. L. (2016). Exploring the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(4), 443

  • Climate Change, Human Rights, and Social Justice

    Climate Change, Human Rights, and Social Justice

    The environmental and health consequences of climate change are explored in this paper, reiterating how they profoundly affect human rights and social justice, with disproportionate impacts on low-income countries and vulnerable populations within high-income countries.

    It is noticed how environmental changes such as rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, extreme weather events, and sea-level rise threaten agricultural production, access to safe water, and worker productivity, and are forcing many people to leave uninhabitable or uncultivatable land.

    Climate change also generates serious health impacts, including heat-related illness, vector-borne and waterborne diseases, respiratory disorders, malnutrition, mental health problems, and increased violence. Together, these environmental and health effects threaten civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, shelter, security, and culture.

    The most vulnerable groups include poor and marginalized populations, women, children, older adults, people with disabilities, and those living in climate-affected regions. Globally, low-income countries—despite contributing least to greenhouse gas emissions—are disproportionately affected and have fewer resources to adapt.

    In conclusion, the authors hypothesize on how climate adaptation and mitigation strategies must be designed to protect human rights, promote social justice, and avoid deepening existing inequalities.

    Learn more about this article here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.008

    Reference

    Levy, B. S., & Patz, J. A. (2015). Climate Change, Human Rights, and Social Justice. Climate Change, Global Health and Human Rights, 81(3), 310–322

  • Climate Justice Without Freedom: Assessing Legal and Political Responses to Climate Change and Forced Migration

    Climate Justice Without Freedom: Assessing Legal and Political Responses to Climate Change and Forced Migration

    As storm surges, flooding, heatwaves, and prolonged drought, as ever more regular features of life under deteriorating climate conditions, are unmistakably violent, and their effects on the lives of vulnerable human populations and ecosystems across the world are devastating.

    At the same time, a legal order that denies the victims of such ecological persecution a safe haven, no matter how great its use of force (e.g., detention, arrest, forced return) cannot, by definition, be violent. This assumption is challenged in this paper.

    It argues that legal instruments are increasingly used to exclude those displaced by climatic conditions and to deny them sufficient normative status to ensure their safety.

    The author calls for a new critical normative understanding of the relationship between climate change, violence, justice, and law, an approach that would reassess the democratic justifications for existing policies and reaffirm the legal and political status of climate-displaced people as equal members of the international community.

    Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431015579967

    Reference

    Skillington, T. (2015). Climate justice without freedom: Assessing legal and political responses to climate change and forced migration: Assessing legal and political responses to climate change and forced migration. European Journal of Social Theory, 18(3), 288-307