Finn Myrstad » Global Approach to Migration http://www.myrstad.eu Norway, EU and the World Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:51:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 EU aims to develop policy on climate change and migration? http://www.myrstad.eu/eu-aims-to-develop-policy-on-climate-change-and-migration/ http://www.myrstad.eu/eu-aims-to-develop-policy-on-climate-change-and-migration/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:23:10 +0000 Finn Myrstad http://www.myrstad.eu/?p=126 The EU’s Global Approach to Migration is formulated these days in the EU. The Commission released in October a Communication with proposals on how the EU can have a more comprehensive and all encompassing policy towards all forms of migration. The interesting thing, from a climate change point of view, is that the Comission for the first time is mentioning migration and climate change in an official document (at least as far as I know) and proposed that the EU should formulate a policy on the area on page 8;

Furthermore, the EU should also formulate a policy in response to recent developments such as the increasing impact of climate change on migratory movements.

And page 9 says:

Explore the relationship between climate change and migration and gain a better understanding of the number of people affected now and in the future.

Even though a communication such as this is non-binding for member states, is it at least a step towards a more firm approach to the issue of climate change and migration.

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