This report aims to guide practitioners in navigating the academic research focused on communicating about climate-linked migration. It is intended to help practitioners understand the relevant research insights available and consider how to deploy them when creating communication campaigns and projects.
Over the coming decades, climate change will reshape patterns of migration and displacement. Communicating effectively about this complex intersection is key to creating an accurate and nuanced public understanding of the topic.
Many organisations avoid engaging with this subject, fearing that they will cause inadvertent harm or misrepresent the people and issues involved. However, the need for clear, empathetic communication on climate-linked migration has never been greater.
Our review of academic literature reveals where current research on climate-migration communications sits, and shares recommendations on how to navigate at this intersection to create communications campaigns and projects. We also suggest areas for future direction.