Human mobility

Depopulation in the state’s coastal communities has been significant since Hurricane Katrina, an extremely powerful and destructive storm that hit the state in August 2005. It was responsible for 1833 deaths and approximately $108 billion in damage.

This publication explores how climate mobility programmes can move beyond gender-responsive approaches towards more gender-transformative change.

Millions of Afghans forced back across the border are returning to a country where conflict, climate and hardship make rebuilding fragile from the start.

Some have migrated from the Valparaíso region, but others have organised to remain in the face of advancing forest fires

With climate change likely to accelerate extreme weather in Australia, planned or managed retreat – moving people and infrastructure away from these areas – will grow only more important.

The researchers find that, while migration in Bhutan is primarily done for economic, professional and aspirational reasons, climate change is a “background stressor” that drives migration by making rural livelihoods increasingly precarious.

This issue brief examines how climate change is reshaping internal migration patterns in India, particularly among women and adolescent girls entering informal domestic work in urban centres.

The Global Report on Internal Displacement 2026, published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), examines displacement trends across 146 countries and territories affected by conflict, violence and disasters.