Climate Risks

Sea Level Rise

Projections of the effect of sea level rise on mobility

Climate Risks

Sea Level Rise

Projections of the effect of sea level rise on mobility

Total numbers leaving and arriving per pixel (local, national, international)

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Total numbers leaving and arriving per pixel (local, national, international)

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people displaced by climate change by 2030 will be driven by Sea level rise

people displaced by climate change by 2030 will be driven by Sea level rise

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people displaced by climate change by 2050 will be driven by Sea level rise

people displaced by climate change by 2050 will be driven by Sea level rise

Rocky Road Scenario

Data Interpretation

Sea level rise (SLR) poses an existential threat to coastal communities and low-lying regions of the Greater Caribbean, particularly to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The model indicates that SLR will be highly influential to mobility in some countries. It will account for almost all climate mobility in the Bahamas (95%), and over 60% of climate mobility in Suriname and Belize. By projecting the impact of SLR on mobility, the model can inform preemptive planning that minimizes loss and damage and enables the safe and dignified relocation of at-risk populations. The model only considers permanent movement (net migration over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. This dataset compiles the results of the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model applied to two climate-development scenarios and two different time periods (2030, 2050). Results are shown as net climate mobility per pixel (5km by 5km), which is the difference between those that will move out and those that will move in, due to sea level rise. Net climate mobility accounts for local, national, and international movement.

Data Modelling

The Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model is a global spatial general equilibrium model, which is based on a quantitative simulation of the world economy. The model projects likely future patterns of mobility and immobility by considering historical and current mobility patterns in response to climate stressors. The model assumes the choice to stay or leave home is an economic decision: individuals decide to move when the difference between local utility values and utilities somewhere else exceeds the cost of moving between two given locations. The model only considers permanent movement (net flows over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. When considering how the world might reach the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and prevent warming beyond 2°C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proposes a framework that combines different possible global socioeconomic development futures, called shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), with different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, called representative concentration pathways (RCPs). The model considers climate mobility under three of the five IPCC SSP-RCP scenarios that include different development outcomes for the Greater Caribbean region in tandem with global emissions projections. The model accounts for changes in population distribution resulting from the economic impacts of multiple climate hazards, including: land productivity (crop yields), labor productivity (temperature), coastal zone productivity and habitability (sea level rise), individual utility (disasters), and tourism (oceanic changes).

For more information on the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model refer to Appendix 1 in the GCCM Report: Great Caribbean Shifts.

Source

GCCMI Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model, 2023

Data Interpretation

Sea level rise (SLR) poses an existential threat to coastal communities and low-lying regions of the Greater Caribbean, particularly to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The model indicates that SLR will be highly influential to mobility in some countries. It will account for almost all climate mobility in the Bahamas (95%), and over 60% of climate mobility in Suriname and Belize. By projecting the impact of SLR on mobility, the model can inform preemptive planning that minimizes loss and damage and enables the safe and dignified relocation of at-risk populations. The model only considers permanent movement (net migration over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. This dataset compiles the results of the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model applied to two climate-development scenarios and two different time periods (2030, 2050). Results are shown as net climate mobility per pixel (5km by 5km), which is the difference between those that will move out and those that will move in, due to sea level rise. Net climate mobility accounts for local, national, and international movement.

Data Modelling

The Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model is a global spatial general equilibrium model, which is based on a quantitative simulation of the world economy. The model projects likely future patterns of mobility and immobility by considering historical and current mobility patterns in response to climate stressors. The model assumes the choice to stay or leave home is an economic decision: individuals decide to move when the difference between local utility values and utilities somewhere else exceeds the cost of moving between two given locations. The model only considers permanent movement (net flows over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. When considering how the world might reach the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and prevent warming beyond 2°C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proposes a framework that combines different possible global socioeconomic development futures, called shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), with different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, called representative concentration pathways (RCPs). The model considers climate mobility under three of the five IPCC SSP-RCP scenarios that include different development outcomes for the Greater Caribbean region in tandem with global emissions projections. The model accounts for changes in population distribution resulting from the economic impacts of multiple climate hazards, including: land productivity (crop yields), labor productivity (temperature), coastal zone productivity and habitability (sea level rise), individual utility (disasters), and tourism (oceanic changes).

For more information on the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model refer to Appendix 1 in the GCCM Report: Great Caribbean Shifts.

Source

GCCMI Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model, 2023

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Climate Risks

Sea Level Rise

Projections of the effect of sea level rise on mobility

Total numbers leaving and arriving per pixel (local, national, international)

-10k

0

+10k

0

%

people displaced by climate change by 2030 will be driven by Sea level rise

0

%

people displaced by climate change by 2050 will be driven by Sea level rise

Rocky Road Scenario

Data Interpretation

Sea level rise (SLR) poses an existential threat to coastal communities and low-lying regions of the Greater Caribbean, particularly to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The model indicates that SLR will be highly influential to mobility in some countries. It will account for almost all climate mobility in the Bahamas (95%), and over 60% of climate mobility in Suriname and Belize. By projecting the impact of SLR on mobility, the model can inform preemptive planning that minimizes loss and damage and enables the safe and dignified relocation of at-risk populations. The model only considers permanent movement (net migration over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. This dataset compiles the results of the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model applied to two climate-development scenarios and two different time periods (2030, 2050). Results are shown as net climate mobility per pixel (5km by 5km), which is the difference between those that will move out and those that will move in, due to sea level rise. Net climate mobility accounts for local, national, and international movement.

Data Modelling

The Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model is a global spatial general equilibrium model, which is based on a quantitative simulation of the world economy. The model projects likely future patterns of mobility and immobility by considering historical and current mobility patterns in response to climate stressors. The model assumes the choice to stay or leave home is an economic decision: individuals decide to move when the difference between local utility values and utilities somewhere else exceeds the cost of moving between two given locations. The model only considers permanent movement (net flows over 20-year periods) and does not capture temporary or circular migration or short-term disaster displacement. When considering how the world might reach the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and prevent warming beyond 2°C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proposes a framework that combines different possible global socioeconomic development futures, called shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), with different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, called representative concentration pathways (RCPs). The model considers climate mobility under three of the five IPCC SSP-RCP scenarios that include different development outcomes for the Greater Caribbean region in tandem with global emissions projections. The model accounts for changes in population distribution resulting from the economic impacts of multiple climate hazards, including: land productivity (crop yields), labor productivity (temperature), coastal zone productivity and habitability (sea level rise), individual utility (disasters), and tourism (oceanic changes).

For more information on the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model refer to Appendix 1 in the GCCM Report: Great Caribbean Shifts.

Source

GCCMI Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Model, 2023

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