“In this network, we aim to foster solid collaboration among researchers, but also to communicate the scientific results to decision-makers and practitioners.”

“Migrants, especially women, children, and indigenous peoples, are among the most vulnerable populations in Mexico, due to criminalization, violence, trafficking, and migrant smuggling. Several studies show that the impact of climate change, disasters, and environmental degradation have become an expulsion (and immobilizing) factor in the country and in Central America.

Mexico is one of the few countries that has included provisions regarding the recognition, assistance, and protection of affected people. However, there has not been a direct Mexican response to protect “climate migrants,” and there is still a clear need for a general law protecting people affected by internal displacement.”

“Looking at climate mobilities literature, you get the sense that men have no gender. There is an implicit bias that ‘gender equals women.’ Gender does not equal women—and yet this is what we have found. Because gender is not defined in most mobility literature, we miss a focus on masculinities.

Future research should pay closer attention to how gender is socially constructed and why women are often found to be more vulnerable to climate change impacts.”

“According to studies, the fishery practices and mobilities of the Fante fisherfolk from Ghana on the West African coast were in part historically influenced by colonial settlers. These fisherfolk became nomadic as they followed seasonal fish flows and fish markets to sustain their livelihood and meet the increasing demand for food fish.

Today, I find in my ongoing research that these important cross-border fishing and trade mobilities are shaped by multiple socio-environmental and climatic factors that influence the seasonal flows and abundance of fish. But on the other hand, these mobilities are increasingly being challenged by various emerging regulations ranging from fishery closures and restrictions to maritime security measures that contribute to securitizing the sea in the Gulf of Guinea, and also border controls in the West Africa region.”

“As our research is trying to highlight, the people of Tuvalu are regaining control by reclaiming their land, cementing their maritime borders, and even moving toward establishing themselves as a mobile, digital state. They don’t want to be subordinate to this narrative of being climate refugees, but rather to self-determine their adaptation futures.”