The Effects of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations and Human Mobility in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua (Central America)

During the past ten years, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala have been ranked among the top ten most affected countries by the climate change. Heavy rains, inundations, droughts and hurricanes are more and more frequent and affect agriculture, which is the economic mainstay of those countries.

To respond to these challenges, IOM and the Arias Foundation consider crucial that decision makers, working both in migration and climate change, rely on accurate and adequate information on the consequences of climate change as well as on the costs and benefits of adaptation activities, including taking into account gender and socio-economic indicators.

Therefore, this project will focus on the elaboration of comprehensive research on the current climate change situation in the Northern Triangle and Nicaragua, especially assessing the extent to which climate change is linked to human mobility and related factors (remittances, resilience, education, and drought).

Based on this research, five reports will be drafted on migration and climate change with specific recommendations on protection and adaptation mechanisms for vulnerable populations, including migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. Finally, a regional conference will be organized to share the research findings, the sub-regional report and the accompanying recommendations.