Global environmental change and migration: knowledge base and policy

International WorkshopIntegrating Migration into Development: Diaspora as a Development Enabler 2-3 October 2014

MOST Programme

(i) MOST I (1994-2003) - Development and use of social science knowledge for better understanding and management of social

transformations(ii) Most II (2004 to present)

- Efficient interfaces between social science research and policy

- Culture of evidence-based social policy-making (iii) Decision by the IGC MOST (10th session, March 2011) to

focus on: - Social Inclusion- Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

(i) Social science knowledge base: availability, accessibility, quality

(ii) Knowledge uptake: data literacy and usage in policy and planning processes

(iii) Social science - policy dialogue: interdisciplinary, sustainable, relevant

Areas of need GEC and Migration

Knowledge base and agenda setting - global level

(i) World Social Science Report 2013 - Changing Global Environments

- Co-published by ISSC, OECD and UNESCO- Develops a social science framing of the issue - Showcases contributions of social sciences- Explores the social science-policy linkages- Influences research programming- Mobilizes social science community to develop an integrated and transformative science

(ii) Migration and Climate Change - Reviews the existing body of empirical evidence- Articulates a social science prospective on the issue of migration and climate change

Knowledge base and dialogue –Africa

(i) Climate change, environmental degradation, and migration in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire

- Cooperation between and amongst social science communities and policy practitioners - Knowledge base on climate change and migration - Data usage in policy and planning processes

(ii) Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana - Interdisciplinary knowledge production- Bridging existing networks of experts- Data users-data producers dialogue - Media literacy and coverage of the issue

(iii) Climate Change and Migration in Africa - Data collection through 9 demographic surveillance sites in

Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Knowledge base and dialogue – Asia

• Migration and Global Environmental Change in India- Stock taking of existing research - Production of knowledge to fill the identified

gaps - Mainstreaming foresight and anticipatory

analysis - Interaction between policy makers and

researchers

• Environmental migration in the Aral Sea region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)

- Review of social science knowledge base - Empirical data collection in the Aral Sea region- Advocacy and agenda-setting - Media literacy and media coverage

Thank you for your attention.

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