Framing Migration as Adaptation
IOM's Aspirations to Manage Climate Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Schriever (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1581-1609 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2024.2368624 |
| OpenAlex | W4399941516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 55 |
At the 2010 UNFCCC Conference in Cancún, migration as a consequence of climate change entered the Cancún Adaptation Framework. It did so in a specific way, being framed as an adaptation strategy to climate change. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) backed the framing of migration as an adaptation early on and pushed for its inclusion in Cancún. Through the analysis of 121 documents and six expert interviews, this article traces how IOM’s identity and interest shape how the organisation deploys the adaptation framing. Climate migration is traditionally situated beyond IOM’s mandate; however, the organisation was present in the institutional process through which the adaptation framing emerged and now carries out operational projects related to the topic. This article shows how IOM uses the adaptation framing to reassert its own aspiration to manage climate migration and assert itself as the dominant migration agency
Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Geography · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |