Papers on the Humanitarian Impacts of Climate Change by International Agencies - PDFs for Download

The agencies of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force on Climate Change have published papers dealing with the humanitarian impacts of climate change.

UNU-EHS is part of the IASC Task Force on Climate Change, Migration and Displacement and participates in IASC´s activities.

Focusing on different effects of climate change like health, migration and displacement, the papers suggest coping strategies by putting a special emphasis on disaster risk reduction and local level adaptation.

Please click on "read more" below for a full list of the papers on the humanitarian impacts of climate change.

Papers on the humanitarian impacts of climate change to the UNFCCC Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), produced in the context of the IASC Taskforce on Climate Change:

• Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Risk Management Practices: Critical Elements for Adaptation to Climate Change

by: The Informal Taskforce on climate change of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

• Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Local Impact

by: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Red Cross /Red Crescent Climate Centre and ProVention Consortium with input and support from UN OCHA, ACT and IOM.

• Climate Change and Statelessness

by: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

• Displacement in the Context of Climate Change: Challenges for States under International Law

by: UNHCR in cooperation with NRC, the Representative of the Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (RSG on the HR of IDPs) and the United Nations University (UNU-EHS)

• Protecting the Health of Vulnerable People from the Humanitarian Consequences of Climate Change and Climate Related Disasters

by: World Health Organization (WHO), with IOM, World Vision (WV), UNHCR and IFRC

• In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement

by: UNU-EHS, CARE, with Columbia University, UNHCR

• Climate Change, Migration, and Displacement: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation Options

by: IOM, UNHCR, UNU-EHS, NRC and the RSG on the Human Rights of IDPs

• Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who will be affected?

by: IOM in collaboration with UNHCR, the RSG on Human Rights of IDPs, OCHA and other IASC organizations

• Addressing the Humanitarian Challenges of Climate Change - Regional and National Perspectives. Preliminary Findings from the IASC Regional and National Level Consultations