Migration as adaptation? Exploring the scope for co-ordinating environmental and migration policies in the European Union

Geddes, Andrew and Jordan, Andrew (2012) Migration as adaptation? Exploring the scope for co-ordinating environmental and migration policies in the European Union. Environment and Planning C, 30 (6). pp. 1029-1044.

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Abstract

We explore the links between environmental change, human migration, and adaptation in the relatively mature governance system of the European Union (EU). It is shown that these connections are limited and, when made, tend to be security focused. This situation inhibits scope for migration (both internally within states and internationally between states) to be understood as a form of adaptation to economic, social, political, demographic, and environmental change. We assess the underlying dynamics of EU environmental policy, note the main modes and instruments used, and identify some of the chief dynamics in this policy field. Finally, conclusions are drawn with respect to how, in future, the EU might interact with nonmember states on environment and migration-related issues.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Andy Jordan
Date Deposited:	07 May 2013 14:11
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2025 23:34
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/41203
DOI:	10.1068/c1208j

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