INTEGRATING HUMAN MOBILITY THROUGH A RURAL LIVELIHOOD LENS INTO NATIONAL ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PLANNING: TOOLKIT

Rural stakeholders are among the most affected by the adverse impacts of climate change due to their high dependence on resource-based livelihoods and exposure to climate hazards. When climate change undermines rural livelihoods, people may be compelled to move, or may become trapped. National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the plans countries prepare under the Paris Agreement to plan their climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.NAPs and NDCs often identify agriculture as one of the main economic sectors affected by climate change impacts where action is needed to either mitigate or adapt to climate change. Some advances have also been made with regard to integrating mobility (which includes migration, displacement and planned relocation) into NAPs and NDCs. However, the links between climate change, rural livelihoods and mobility are not considered adequately. This is a missed opportunity as the role of migration as adaptation, especially in the context of rural livelihoods, is increasingly recognized.This toolkit aims to support stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of NAPs and NDCs to explicitly consider mobility from a rural livelihoods’ perspective. This is important for: (i) addressing the adverse drivers of mobility (and immobility) in rural areas; (ii) ensuring that mobility is an act of choice where possible; and (iii) promoting safe, ordinary and regular movement of people, including migration as adaptation.