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In this interactive self-paced course, policy makers, development professionals, researchers and students will learn how climate change influences human mobility. By introducing key concepts like climate related migration, disaster displacement, planned relocation and trapped populations, this training will build capacities needed to consider human mobility in the context of climate change (HMCCC) in your respective field of work. The training showcases diverse examples from different countries on the phenomena of HMCCC as well as options how to manage it.

This course is designed for policy makers and staff of government institutions as well as professionals within the field of development. Researchers, students, and anyone interested in learning more about how climate change impacts human mobility are invited to take the course as well.

Topic: Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change
Type: Online self-paced
Language: English
Provider: GIZ Global Programme Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
Region: Global
Compatibility: Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone
Duration: ca. 10 h
Course overview
  • Module 1: Introduction to Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change
  • Module 2: Measuring and projecting HMCCC
  • Module 3: Migration
  • Module 4: Displacement
  • Module 5: Planned Relocation
  • Module 6: Immobility and Trapped Populations
  • Module 7: Gender Dynamics
  • Module 8: Children's Rights
  • Module 9: Cities
  • Module 10: Peace, Conflict & Security
  • Module 11: International Frameworks
  • Module 12: Madagascar

Each module will take approximately 45 minutes.

What will you learn?

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  1. Apply key concepts of HMCCC and relevant definitions.
  2. Distinguish different types of human mobility in the context of climate change, especially migration, displacement, planned relocation and immobility, and explain their characteristics and challenges.
  3. Explain how climate change influences human mobility in tandem with other contextual factors and the promise and limitations of data and projections on HMCCC.
  4. Understand how migration can be applied as a strategy to adapt to negative impacts of climate change.
  5. Understand the interplay between HMCCC and urban environments
  6. Identify policy options and response strategies for the different forms of HMCCC.
  7. Understand how gender and age influence human mobility and how human mobility influences gender patterns and roles and affect children and youth specifically.
  8. Describe the linkages between climate change, conflict and mobility.
  9. Understand how HMCCC can manifest through an in-depth case study of Madagascar.

The learning outcomes can benefit your professional work as you will be able to:

  • Understand the concept of HMCCC and its relevance to your own work; this requires contextualising of data and the application of definitions and terms in order to analyse the topic on a professional level.
  • Integrate relevant elements of the course in political and strategic documents in order to reflect HMCCC in policies on migration, disaster risk management, climate change and other related fields.
  • Translate different perspectives and cross-sectoral linkages of HMCCC into the sector you are working in.
  • Integrate international and regional frameworks and actors, which are relevant to developments in your own country, into your respective work.
  • Develop specific activities and instruments for implementation of HMCCC in your own context.
How much time will you need?

In general, you can take the course following your own pace. We estimate it will take around 10 hours in total to complete the whole course. However, depending on your preference you might need more time to study the additional sources and information provided. Furthermore, the course aims to raise questions which you may discuss with your colleagues. The modules are designed to be stand-alone learning experiences. While they are sequential, they are also self-contained and can be completed independently.

Keywords

Human mobility in the context of climate change, migration, displacement, planned relocation, trapped populations, immobility, gender, children, cities, peace, conflict, fragility.

Course Certificate

To finish the entire course, it is necessary to complete all modules. A module is completed when you have viewed all the contents that are provided and accomplished all activities. Upon completion of the entire course and passing of a final test, a PDF course certificate and an Open Badge are attained.

Course Developer

The course was developed in cooperation between the GIZ Global Programme Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).

Responsible – GIZ:

Dr Dorothea Rischewski
Jasmin Remlinger
Felix Ries

Extension and update:

Björn Euler
Manuel Friedlein
Marie Maier-Metz
David Silber

Subject Matter Experts – GIZ:

Jasmin Remlinger
Felix Ries
Ayla Marie Akgün
Julia Kühn
Caroline Kigira

Extension and update:

Marie Dörr
Frederike Lindau
Amina-Laura Schild
Anina Vontobel
Sarah Weber

Authors/Subject Matter Experts – Environment and Migration Interactions and Choices Section (EMIC) at UNU-EHS:

Kees van der Geest – Co-project Lead – Modules 1, 3, 5 & 6
Robert Oakes – Co-project Lead – Modules 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11
Ann-Christine Link – Modules 5, 7 & 12
Kariuki Weru – Modules 8, 9 & 10
Claudia Fry – Module 7
Lisa Thalheimer-Prezyna – Module 10

Development and Production – Pan African Cooperation and Educational Technologies (PACET) at UNU-VIE:

Erick Tambo – Co-project Lead
Emmanuel Cheo – Co-project Lead
Yannick Schillinger – Project Management, Instructional and Content Design
Noor Hafiza Nor Azmi – Multimedia and Content Design

Animation:

Creative Triplet

Translation to French:

Vertaalbureau Perfect

Contact Person

For all technical questions and issues please contact site support and for all other queries please reach out to eLearning-HMCCC@giz.de.

Content License

CC BY-ND 4.0

Publication Date

October 23, 2023