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CLIMB Database
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Context: The CLIMB Database is a direct output of the GCM Baseline Mapping project, which is an activity that started under the United Nations Network on Migration (UNMN) Work Plan (2021-2022), specifically Thematic Priority 4 on Climate Change and Migration, and was included in the Platform for Disaster Displacement (PDD) Work Plan for the period of 2019-2022 and IOM’s implementation programme of its Strategy on Migration, Environment and Climate Change 2021-2030. The GCM Baseline Mapping project gathers and analyses data to take stock of the implementation of the commitments and objectives of the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) related to human mobility in the context of disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation. The CLIMB Database, hosted on the Migration Network Hub, serves as the public interface of the collected data.
Central Aim: Given the complex and multi-causal nature of population movements in the context of disasters, the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation, the CLIMB Database collates policy and legal instruments and practices across a range of different fields, including human mobility, disaster risk management, climate change action, and sustainable development.
Main beneficiaries: The database is a tool that provides a resource for policymakers as well as researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders working in the area of policy development on human mobility, disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation. Although the database uses the implementation of GCM commitments as a starting point, it can also be relevant in relation to other key global policy frameworks in this area (e.g. the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Sendai Framework).
Key activities/Key resources: This online database compiles over 1618 policy instruments - including 1388 national policy instruments in 172 countries and 230 bilateral and/or regional policy instruments. Each of these instruments contains provisions of relevance to human mobility in the context of disasters, the adverse effects of climate change, and environmental degradation. The database should be considered as a living repository, regularly updated as national and regional policy review efforts progress.
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This database enables you to: Find existing policies and legal frameworks from 172 countries and territories with references and/or provisions to the distinct dimensions of human mobility in the context of disasters, climate change, and/or environmental degradation; Find full quotes (both in English and in the original languages) of references and/or provisions related to the distinct dimensions of human mobility in the context of disasters, climate change, and/or environmental degradation; Search for keywords across national- and regional-level policies and legal instruments; Browse country profiles to find and correlate their existing policies and legal instruments with acknowledgements and/or provisions on the topic; and Access the original document, when a link is available.
This database is a tool that provides a resource for policymakers as well as researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders working in the area of policy development on human mobility, disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation by identifying and showcasing relevant instruments and practices; the scope and comprehensiveness of instruments for some actions; and by supporting and complementing GCM implementation guidance. It contains cross-cutting human rights, gender, child sensitivity and local governance markers to measure the integration of GCM principles in identified documents.
Key Lessons
Instruments were reviewed across four main policy sectors, broadly grouped as: Human Mobility (e.g. migration, displacement, evacuation, planned relocation, refugee protection, resettlement, reintegration); Disasters (e.g. humanitarian assistance, disaster preparedness, disaster response, disaster risk reduction); Climate Change (e.g. climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation); and Sustainable Development (e.g. environmental/ ecosystem management, integrated coastal zone management, land management, urban/rural planning, development, poverty reduction, food and agriculture, public health, education, gender equality, social justice).
Limitations: The data collection process prioritized actions and instruments developed by or with the participation of States, and specifically those for which information could be collected more easily based on available sources. Evidence of practices, such as ad hoc measures, programmes, initiatives, could not be collected systematically and could only be included for a limited number of countries for which such information was readily available from secondary sources. The database does not include a comprehensive, exhaustive review of all existing and relevant national policies in every country, which would require additional resources and more extended access to documents and consultations with relevant national stakeholders. It includes only those available and relevant to the topics mentioned above.
Follow up mechanism: The data is up-to-date as of August 2023 with additional data on NAPs and NDCs updated up until March 2024. New data, as well as updates to existing data, will be collected in the next phases of the GCM Baseline Mapping project. The database is updated every six months with any new documents. Additionally, a contribution form has been created where any user and stakeholders will be able to input relevant existing policies and legal frameworks that are missing from the database, and that are: (i) passed or enacted by national or sub-national legislative bodies and/or governments (or are currently in the process of being passed or enacted); and (ii) concerned with the distinct dimensions of human mobility in the context of the adverse effects of climate change, disasters, and environmental degradation. Contributions will be vetted by the respective focal points of IOM and PDD.
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CLIMB Database:Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters,Climate Change & Environmental Degradation
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Disclaimer: The content of this practice reflects the views of the implementers and does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations, the United Nations Network on Migration, and its members.
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