CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html><html data-wf-domain="www.slycantrust.org" data-wf-page="63375274b7a5ae881cdb9ccd" data-wf-site="5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a" data-wf-collection="63375274b7a5ae3234db9c7e" data-wf-item-slug="human-mobility-in-national-adaptation-plans"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><title>Human Mobility in National Adaptation Plans - Knowledge Hub</title><meta content="Human mobility increasingly takes place in the context of climate change. Accordingly, climate action and policy processes need to incorporate human mobility and acknowledge the different ways in which it can become relevant: as an adaptation strategy, as an obstacle to long-term resilience, as maladaptation, or as a form of climate-induced loss and damage (L&D)." name="description"/><meta content="Human Mobility in National Adaptation Plans - Knowledge Hub" property="og:title"/><meta content="Human mobility increasingly takes place in the context of climate change. Accordingly, climate action and policy processes need to incorporate human mobility and acknowledge the different ways in which it can become relevant: as an adaptation strategy, as an obstacle to long-term resilience, as maladaptation, or as a form of climate-induced loss and damage (L&D)." property="og:description"/><meta content="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417bef461e2de57881de9f7_THUMBNAIL_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs.png" property="og:image"/><meta content="Human Mobility in National Adaptation Plans - Knowledge Hub" property="twitter:title"/><meta content="Human mobility increasingly takes place in the context of climate change. Accordingly, climate action and policy processes need to incorporate human mobility and acknowledge the different ways in which it can become relevant: as an adaptation strategy, as an obstacle to long-term resilience, as maladaptation, or as a form of climate-induced loss and damage (L&D)." property="twitter:description"/><meta content="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417bef461e2de57881de9f7_THUMBNAIL_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs.png" property="twitter:image"/><meta property="og:type" content="website"/><meta content="summary_large_image" name="twitter:card"/><meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport"/><meta content="FguG8prg1zzLb2i6ejB-2PWrxu8mEsHoM6UGSdSIGUE" name="google-site-verification"/><link href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/css/slycan.webflow.6fbf8494f.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" rel="preconnect"/><link href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" rel="preconnect" crossorigin="anonymous"/><script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1.6.26/webfont.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">WebFont.load({ google: { families: ["Varela:400","PT Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic","Merriweather:300,300italic,400,400italic,700,700italic,900,900italic","Bitter:400,700,400italic","Exo:100,100italic,200,200italic,300,300italic,400,400italic,500,500italic,600,600italic,700,700italic,800,800italic,900,900italic","PT Serif:400,400italic,700,700italic","Montserrat:100,100italic,200,200italic,300,300italic,400,400italic,500,500italic,600,600italic,700,700italic,800,800italic,900,900italic","Open Sans:300,300italic,400,400italic,600,600italic,700,700italic,800,800italic","Ubuntu:300,300italic,400,400italic,500,500italic,700,700italic","Lato:100,100italic,300,300italic,400,400italic,700,700italic,900,900italic","Varela Round:400","Oswald:200,300,400,500,600,700","Roboto Condensed:300,300italic,regular,italic,700,700italic","Roboto:300,regular,500,700"] }});</script><script type="text/javascript">!function(o,c){var n=c.documentElement,t=" w-mod-";n.className+=t+"js",("ontouchstart"in o||o.DocumentTouch&&c instanceof DocumentTouch)&&(n.className+=t+"touch")}(window,document);</script><link href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/639312ead6b1a34837f25bb9_favicon-32x32.png" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon"/><link href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/652932b6cd18e3e8b804cee4_SLYCAN_Trust.png" rel="apple-touch-icon"/><link href="rss.xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS Feed" type="application/rss+xml"/><script async="" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-133906213-1"></script><script type="text/javascript">window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'UA-133906213-1', {'anonymize_ip': false});</script><script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-N6FKK3D');</script>   <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-4KFDREYSJN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-4KFDREYSJN'); </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js#property=5edd393519e2830012a191d7&product=sticky-share-buttons&cms=sop' async='async'></script> <script id="jetboost-script" type="text/javascript"> window.JETBOOST_SITE_ID = "ckeln5obqiv900708dtc7xtu4"; (function() { d = document; s = d.createElement("script"); s.src = "https://cdn.jetboost.io/jetboost.js"; s.async = 1; d.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s); })(); </script></head><body><div class="w-embed w-iframe"> <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-N6FKK3D" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript> </div><div><div data-collapse="medium" data-animation="default" data-duration="400" data-easing="ease" data-easing2="ease" role="banner" class="navbar-2 w-nav"><a href="/" class="w-nav-brand"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/638f05b80cb0555cf9a87e37_SLYCAN%20Trust%20-%20new%20branding.png" width="185" alt="" class="image-8"/></a><nav role="navigation" class="nav-menu-2 w-nav-menu"><a href="/knowledge-portal/home" class="navlink-2 w-nav-link">Home</a><a href="/knowledge-portal/about" class="navlink-2 w-nav-link">About</a><div data-hover="true" data-delay="0" class="dropdown-2 w-dropdown"><div class="dropdown-toggle w-dropdown-toggle"><div class="w-icon-dropdown-toggle"></div><div>Themes</div></div><nav class="dropdown-list-5 w-dropdown-list"><div class="text-block-27">Thematic Area</div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/entrepreneurship" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Entrepreneurship</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/sustainable-development" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Sustainable Development</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/livelihood-development" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Livelihood Development</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/youth" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Youth</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/waste-management" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Waste Management</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/water-resources" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Water Resources</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/loss-and-damage" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Loss and Damage</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/human-settlements-and-infrastructure" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Human Settlements and Infrastructure</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/human-health" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Human Health</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/gender" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Gender</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/food-security" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Food Security</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/ecosystems-and-biodiversity" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Ecosystems and Biodiversity</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/just-transition" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Just Transition</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/human-mobility" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Human Mobility</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/climate-risk-and-disaster-risk-management" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Climate & Disaster Risk Management</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/coastal-and-marine" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Coastal and Marine</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/adaptation-and-resilience" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Adaptation & Resilience</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/climate-finance" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Climate Finance</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/capacity-building" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Capacity Building</a></div></div></div></nav></div><div data-hover="true" data-delay="0" class="dropdown-2 w-dropdown"><div class="dropdown-toggle w-dropdown-toggle"><div class="w-icon-dropdown-toggle"></div><div>Resources</div></div><nav class="dropdown-list-5-copy w-dropdown-list"><div class="text-block-27">Resource Types</div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/information-note" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Information Note</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/newsletter" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Newsletter</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/multimedia" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Multimedia</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/research-and-technical-papers" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Research & Technical Papers</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/report" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Reports</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/policy-brief" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Policy Brief</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/article" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Article</a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/resource-type-knowledge/case-study" class="dropdown-link w-dropdown-link">Case Study</a></div></div></div></nav></div><a href="/knowledge-portal/webinars" class="navlink-2 w-nav-link">Webinars</a><a href="/knowledge-portal/blog" class="navlink-2 w-nav-link">Blog</a><div class="div-block-199"><a href="/" class="button-27 w-button">Back to Home</a></div></nav><div class="menu-button-2 w-nav-button"><div class="icon-8 w-icon-nav-menu"></div></div></div></div><div class="section-13"><h1 class="heading-35">Human Mobility in National Adaptation Plans</h1><h1 class="heading-56">March 20, 2023</h1><div class="div-block-110"><div class="div-block-108"><h1 class="heading-56">Resource Type</h1><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content resource-type">Research & Technical Papers</h1></div><div class="div-block-109 w-condition-invisible"><h1 class="heading-56">Language</h1><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content resource-type w-dyn-bind-empty"></h1></div><div class="div-block-109"><h1 class="heading-56">Geographical Focus</h1><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content resource-type">Sri Lanka</h1></div></div><div class="div-block-36"><div class="text-block-29">Created On : </div><div class="crdate">March 20, 2023</div></div><div class="w-embed"><div class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div></div><div class="div-block-106"><div class="w-row"><div class="w-col w-col-6"><div class="rich-text-block-3 w-richtext"><p>Human mobility increasingly takes place in the context of climate change. Accordingly, climate action and policy processes need to incorporate human mobility and acknowledge the different ways in which it can become relevant: as an adaptation strategy, as an obstacle to long-term resilience, as maladaptation, or as a form of climate-induced loss and damage (L&D).</p><p>National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are a key part of the national adaptation planning process and connected to both global and domestic policy frameworks. Out of 40 NAPs submitted to the UNFCCC so far (as of March 2023), 82.5% reference one or more forms of human mobility. However, only 70% of NAPs contain concrete provisions or commitments to address mobility in some way.</p><p>As NAPs serve as a means of identifying and addressing countries' adaptation needs and developing national strategies and programmes, the integration of human mobility into all their key steps and elements is crucial to ensure that climate-related mobility can be addressed, managed, prevented, or facilitated as part of a holistic policy framework that connects the local, national, and global level and includes data collection, implementation, localization, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting.</p><p><br/></p><p>‍</p></div></div><div class="column-20 w-col w-col-6"><div class="video-3 w-condition-invisible w-dyn-bind-empty w-video w-embed"></div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417befd6c79a86accbf15b0_COVER_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs.png" alt="" width="344" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 87vw, (max-width: 767px) 67vw, (max-width: 991px) 38vw, 344px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417befd6c79a86accbf15b0_COVER_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs-p-500.png 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417befd6c79a86accbf15b0_COVER_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs-p-800.png 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417befd6c79a86accbf15b0_COVER_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs-p-1080.png 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b51da3fef1d581864485ff5/6417befd6c79a86accbf15b0_COVER_Briefing%20Note_Human%20Mobility%20in%20NAPs.png 1414w" class="image-57"/><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTxqQKUnct5ubaen2qZWCXdx7VR7tJ4V/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="button-7 w-button">Download This File</a></div></div></div></div><div class="div-block-111"><h1 class="heading-56">Related Thematic Areas</h1><div class="collection-list-wrapper-24 w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="collection-list-19 w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/sustainable-development" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Sustainable Development</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/loss-and-damage" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Loss and Damage</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/human-settlements-and-infrastructure" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Human Settlements and Infrastructure</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/human-health" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Human Health</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/climate-risk-and-disaster-risk-management" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Climate & Disaster Risk Management</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/adaptation-and-resilience" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Adaptation & Resilience</h1></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-25 w-dyn-item"><a href="/theme-knowledge/climate-finance" class="w-inline-block"><h1 class="kh-meta-tags-content">Climate Finance</h1></a></div></div></div></div><div class="section-10"><div class="row w-row"><div class="w-col w-col-4"><div class="div-block-8"><div class="text-block-6-copy">Resource Types</div><a href="https://slycantrust.org/resource-type-knowledge/article" class="link-5-copy">Article</a><a href="https://slycantrust.org/resource-type-knowledge/policy-brief" class="link-5-copy">Policy Brief</a><a href="https://slycantrust.org/resource-type-knowledge/report" class="link-5-copy">Reports</a><a href="https://slycantrust.org/resource-type-knowledge/research-paper" class="link-5-copy">Research Papers</a><a href="https://slycantrust.org/resource-type-knowledge/case-study" class="link-5-copy">Case Studies</a></div></div><div class="w-col w-col-4"></div><div class="w-col w-col-4"><div class="div-block-8 social"><div class="text-block-6-copy3">Initiated with the financial support of</div><a href="/knowledge-portal/partners" class="w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/5d15859d7ad20fc9dd2a974a_APN%20Logo-01.png" width="92" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/5d15859d7ad20fc9dd2a974a_APN%20Logo-01-p-500.png 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/5d15859d7ad20fc9dd2a974a_APN%20Logo-01.png 945w" alt="" class="image-56"/></a></div></div></div></div><script src="https://d3e54v103j8qbb.cloudfront.net/js/jquery-3.5.1.min.dc5e7f18c8.js?site=5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a" type="text/javascript" integrity="sha256-9/aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y/faTqgFtohetphbbj0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b3a69d483119601a06f1b0a/js/webflow.aec0658a.6358d949b6490172.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script> function getParam(name) { name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]"); var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"), results = regex.exec(location.search); return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " ")); } var Webflow = Webflow || []; Webflow.push(function () { var tabName = getParam('tab'); if (tabName) $('.' + tabName).triggerHandler('click'); }); </script><script src="https://npmcdn.com/isotope-layout@3.0/dist/isotope.pkgd.min.js"></script> <script> // document ready wrapper $(document).ready( function() { // find all filter buttons const filterToggles = document.querySelectorAll('[data-filter]'); // go over each filter button filterToggles.forEach(function(toggle) { let attrVal = toggle.getAttribute(['data-filter']); // find the filter attr let newVal = attrVal.toLowerCase().replace(' ', '-'); // hyphenate filter attr val toggle.setAttribute('data-filter', newVal); // set filter attr with new val }); // go over all collection item category label elems $('.w-dyn-item .partner').each(function(index, element) { var _this = $( element ); // lowercase, hyphenate and add as a class to dyn-item for isotope filtering _this.parent().parent().addClass( _this.text().toLowerCase().replace(' ', '-')); }); // quick search regex let qsRegex; let buttonFilter; // init Isotope const $grid = $('.grid').isotope({ itemSelector: '.w-dyn-item', stagger: 30, filter: function() { var $this = $(this); var searchResult = qsRegex ? $this.text().match( qsRegex ) : true; var buttonResult = buttonFilter ? $this.is( buttonFilter ) : true; return searchResult && buttonResult; } }); // reveal all items after init const $items = $grid.find('.w-dyn-item'); $grid.addClass('is-showing-items').isotope( 'revealItemElements', $items ); $('#filters').on('click', 'button', function() { buttonFilter = $( this ).attr('data-filter'); $grid.isotope(); }); // use value of search field to filter const $quicksearch = $('#quicksearch').keyup(debounce(function() { qsRegex = new RegExp($quicksearch.val(),'gi'); $grid.isotope(); })); // change is-checked class on buttons $('.button-group').each(function( i, buttonGroup ) { const $buttonGroup = $( buttonGroup ); $buttonGroup.on( 'click', 'button', function() { $buttonGroup.find('.is-checked').removeClass('is-checked'); $( this ).addClass('is-checked'); }); }); // debounce so filtering doesn't happen every millisecond function debounce(fn, threshold) { let timeout; return function debounced() { if ( timeout ) { clearTimeout( timeout ); } function delayed() { fn(); timeout = null; } setTimeout( delayed, threshold || 100 ); }; }; // disable search from submitting $('#quicksearch').on('keyup keypress', function(e) { const keyCode = e.keyCode || e.which; if (keyCode === 13) { e.preventDefault(); return false; } }); }); </script></body></html>