A Framework for Analyzing the Proximate Determinants of the Climate-Induced Mobility

Ayman Zohry, Egyptian Society for Migration Studies

People don’t migrate directly because of the global warming or sea level rise. People migrate affected by direct factors resulted from the global warming, sea level rise or other higher-level factors that form climate change globally. People migrate affected by direct CC variables that are a result of the high-level CC factors. So, it’s not logical to attribute mobility to global warming directly. Humans migrate affected by direct damages or losses affects under which they can’t continue their regular living including work due to direct CC factors. In this study, an attempt is made to introduce a conceptual framework for the analysis of the direct or what’s I call “the proximate determinants of the climate-induced mobility” The framework can also be used in developing and enhancing data collection tools to include questions that can be used to measure climate mobility in a quantitative and comparable manner.