Program Overview

New e-Learning Course: Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

The United Nations University is offering a new e-learning course that explores the relationship between climate change and human mobility. This free online course will provide learners with a profound understanding of human mobility in the context of climate change.

Course Description

Climate change impacts are altering patterns of human mobility worldwide, and researchers and policy makers are increasingly aware of this connection. However, the relationship between the impacts of climate change and human mobility is complex. There are different types of climate-related (im)mobility, like migration, displacement, planned relocation, and trapped populations, each with different implications regarding policy responses and impacts on the lives of the affected people.

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of human mobility in the context of climate change. It will cover various forms of climate-related human (im)mobility, their implications for policy and impacts on people, and strategies for reducing the risk of displacement by investing in adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

Themes

• Education
• Climate change
• Inequality

Keywords

• E-learning
• Vulnerable groups
• Migration
• Climate security

Institutes

• UNU Centre
• UNU-EHS

Copyright

United Nations University, Creative Commons, 2023

Related Content

The course is related to various news articles, blog posts, and events, including:

• In Conversation with Dr. Katie Kuschminder about Women, Climate and Human Mobility
• UNU-EHS Expert Featured in News Article on High Seas Treaty
• Rethinking Multilateralism from Within: Reflections from MPP Students at UNU-MERIT
• Science Talk: Deltacentrism: Reimagining the Bengal Delta through Four Centuries of Human Intervention