Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CLIMOVE (gender CLImate Migration: innOvatiVe European Union socio-legal avenues)
Reporting period: 2022-04-01 to 2023-03-31
The CLIMOVE project addressed how climate change affects people differently according to gender, in particular women and girls. The main challenge is to adapt the European Union (EU) legislative framework to the reality of climate migrants from a gender-sensitive and responsive perspective, using innovative social and feminist methodologies. CLIMOVE aimed to develop a comprehensive and innovative analysis of climate change-induced migration in the EU from a gender perspective, generating critical and social knowledge to respond to an urgent and complex social challenge, which is currently not addressed by the EU.
The results obtained have been achieved first through an exhaustive and comparative analysis of current migration laws between EU member states on migration, climate change, and gender, including the identification of good practices and regulatory improvements. Second, exploring all the possible regulatory improvements at the EU level and at the domestic level to cope with the insufficient commitment and protection of the EU towards climate migration from a gender perspective
The impact of CLIMOVE has focused on acquiring new competencies in terms of an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and transnational perspective on gendered climate migration, in particular in the EU framework.
The results obtained have been achieved first through an exhaustive and comparative analysis of current migration laws between EU member states on migration, climate change, and gender, including the identification of good practices and regulatory improvements. Second, exploring all the possible regulatory improvements at the EU level and at the domestic level to cope with the insufficient commitment and protection of the EU towards climate migration from a gender perspective
The impact of CLIMOVE has focused on acquiring new competencies in terms of an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and transnational perspective on gendered climate migration, in particular in the EU framework.
The work carried out has been in line with Annex 1 to the Grant Agreement. The progress achieved in the training and in the research activity is fully satisfactory. All deliverables were submitted on time and activities have been developed according to the initial plan.
In WP1, the fellow and the supervisor have worked together to coordinate the project’s activities to allow the scientific, training, organizational, and financial achievements, by fulfilling the EU contractual provisions and ensuring quality control management. All activities carried out under this WP (including management, coordination, reporting, monitoring, follow-up, evaluation, and project meetings) have been duly carried out, without any deviation, and in a very satisfactory way.
In WP2, the fellow used different databases IOM- Migration Data Portal, UNHCR, IDMC), with the analysis of secondary-level information on legal analysis to identify good practices, supported by specific and constant training. At the same time, the fellow used the tools of analysis that were more appropriate for their specific discipline. Thanks to this double approach, they contributed to writing the report on the first data analysis and formulation of results.
In WP3, all scientific activities were developed, analyzing all possible regulatory improvements at the EU level toward climate migration from a gender perspective. The fellow has worked to identify good policy and legal practices on climate migration within the EU, resulting in a guide with data collection and comparative analysis on the comprehensive legal framework of the EU Member States on climate migration and a “Report on EU regulatory improvements towards climate gendered migration”. Both documents were critical to complete the legal analysis and preparation of a draft policy brief.
WP4 was related to all training activities, aiming to transfer those skills that are necessary to conduct the foreseen research activities, along with transferable skills. The Career Development Plan was assessed periodically and its final versions were also released. The secondment program has been duly completed. Participation in local training activities and external events was finalized according to what was indicated in Annex I, as well as the participation in conferences. All training activities foreseen in the project were implemented related to data collection; feminist methodology; migration policies and climate change-related migration.
WP5 was related to dissemination, exploitation, communication, and public engagement about the project and its results with stakeholders: academia, students, and the general public. All deliverables were submitted on time and activities were carried out properly. Almost target values of KPI has been reached or even exceeded, moreover additional activities not originally foreseen in Annex I have been conducted.
In WP1, the fellow and the supervisor have worked together to coordinate the project’s activities to allow the scientific, training, organizational, and financial achievements, by fulfilling the EU contractual provisions and ensuring quality control management. All activities carried out under this WP (including management, coordination, reporting, monitoring, follow-up, evaluation, and project meetings) have been duly carried out, without any deviation, and in a very satisfactory way.
In WP2, the fellow used different databases IOM- Migration Data Portal, UNHCR, IDMC), with the analysis of secondary-level information on legal analysis to identify good practices, supported by specific and constant training. At the same time, the fellow used the tools of analysis that were more appropriate for their specific discipline. Thanks to this double approach, they contributed to writing the report on the first data analysis and formulation of results.
In WP3, all scientific activities were developed, analyzing all possible regulatory improvements at the EU level toward climate migration from a gender perspective. The fellow has worked to identify good policy and legal practices on climate migration within the EU, resulting in a guide with data collection and comparative analysis on the comprehensive legal framework of the EU Member States on climate migration and a “Report on EU regulatory improvements towards climate gendered migration”. Both documents were critical to complete the legal analysis and preparation of a draft policy brief.
WP4 was related to all training activities, aiming to transfer those skills that are necessary to conduct the foreseen research activities, along with transferable skills. The Career Development Plan was assessed periodically and its final versions were also released. The secondment program has been duly completed. Participation in local training activities and external events was finalized according to what was indicated in Annex I, as well as the participation in conferences. All training activities foreseen in the project were implemented related to data collection; feminist methodology; migration policies and climate change-related migration.
WP5 was related to dissemination, exploitation, communication, and public engagement about the project and its results with stakeholders: academia, students, and the general public. All deliverables were submitted on time and activities were carried out properly. Almost target values of KPI has been reached or even exceeded, moreover additional activities not originally foreseen in Annex I have been conducted.
The aim of CLIMOVE was to respond to the current legal vacuum in EU law in relation to climate migration from a gender-sensitive perspective. To this end and to go beyond the state of the art, the most relevant and critical outcomes of CLIMOVE are a guide with data collection and comparative analysis on the comprehensive legal framework of the EU Member States (MS) on climate migration and a report on EU regulatory improvements towards climate-gendered migration, along with the identification of good practices to be applicable and to influence the impact of the research results.
CLIMOVE proposes innovative regulatory improvements and recommendations for the EU and its Member States in terms of recognizing climate migration from a gender perspective. Some of the most innovative are:
- to acknowledge the link between climate change and people's movements, in line with the Global Compacts and IPCC reports.
- to consider that individuals and groups experience climate impacts differently depending on converging factors related to their identities, such as gender, race, and indigeneity.
- to prioritize the empowerment of women and girls in addressing protection risks, including gender-based violence, in the context of displacement and climate change;
- adopt a gender perspective to identify and respond to the specific risks and needs, as well as highlight the essential role that women can play in leading sustainable transformations;
- An inclusive and gender-sensitive and gender-sensitive approach to climate migration;
- Promote safety, security, protection, and justice for all women, regardless of their legal status. The EU strategy for gender equality must address the specific situation, needs, and rights of women in an uncertain legal situation;
- Adopt a long-term strategy to achieve meaningful representation of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles in the EU and Member States;
- Mandatory training on intersectionality and gender sensitivity for EU staff and Member States' administration, including at the political levels;
- Processes to ensure and monitor gender sensitivity and the impact of planned and existing policies;
- Ensure that any proposed EU legislation addressing violence against women and girls adopts the holistic and inclusive approach of the Istanbul Convention.
- Mainstreaming a gender perspective in EU funding programs that support the integration of migrants (ESF+, AMIF, ERDF, Erasmus+,…)
The main suggested EU policy improvements focus on the adaptation of some existing EU legal instruments related to migration, such as: literally including within the concept of serious harm the consequences of climate change and natural disasters; including situations of displacement to an EU MS due to sudden major natural disasters from a third country; and introducing safeguards to suspend return in case natural disasters temporarily prevent the return of a person to their country of origin ("non-climate refoulement").
CLIMOVE has generated significant potential and impact on the researcher's projection, as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights itself has asked her to contribute to its new advisory opinion on "Climate emergency and human rights" in relation to "climate migration".
CLIMOVE proposes innovative regulatory improvements and recommendations for the EU and its Member States in terms of recognizing climate migration from a gender perspective. Some of the most innovative are:
- to acknowledge the link between climate change and people's movements, in line with the Global Compacts and IPCC reports.
- to consider that individuals and groups experience climate impacts differently depending on converging factors related to their identities, such as gender, race, and indigeneity.
- to prioritize the empowerment of women and girls in addressing protection risks, including gender-based violence, in the context of displacement and climate change;
- adopt a gender perspective to identify and respond to the specific risks and needs, as well as highlight the essential role that women can play in leading sustainable transformations;
- An inclusive and gender-sensitive and gender-sensitive approach to climate migration;
- Promote safety, security, protection, and justice for all women, regardless of their legal status. The EU strategy for gender equality must address the specific situation, needs, and rights of women in an uncertain legal situation;
- Adopt a long-term strategy to achieve meaningful representation of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles in the EU and Member States;
- Mandatory training on intersectionality and gender sensitivity for EU staff and Member States' administration, including at the political levels;
- Processes to ensure and monitor gender sensitivity and the impact of planned and existing policies;
- Ensure that any proposed EU legislation addressing violence against women and girls adopts the holistic and inclusive approach of the Istanbul Convention.
- Mainstreaming a gender perspective in EU funding programs that support the integration of migrants (ESF+, AMIF, ERDF, Erasmus+,…)
The main suggested EU policy improvements focus on the adaptation of some existing EU legal instruments related to migration, such as: literally including within the concept of serious harm the consequences of climate change and natural disasters; including situations of displacement to an EU MS due to sudden major natural disasters from a third country; and introducing safeguards to suspend return in case natural disasters temporarily prevent the return of a person to their country of origin ("non-climate refoulement").
CLIMOVE has generated significant potential and impact on the researcher's projection, as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights itself has asked her to contribute to its new advisory opinion on "Climate emergency and human rights" in relation to "climate migration".