| 摘要 |
The HABITABLE project is centred around the concept of habitability and seeks to advance our understanding of
how climate change does and will affect migration and displacement patterns. It does so through the mobilisation of
innovative methods to explore key research gaps, implemented by a diverse, experienced consortium associating 21
partners from different disciplines and representing a number of regions of the world, including local partners from
West Africa, East Africa, South Africa and Southeast Asia. The project seeks to understand not only how climate
change causes migration, but also how climate impacts, policies and perceptions interact with each other and influence
migration patterns in a systems-based approach. We introduce the concept of social tipping points as a fresh way to
understand how environmental disruptions can potentially trigger major social changes. The project intentionally
steers away from simple linearity assumptions in an innovative research design that will focus on the entire socialecological
system, accounting for climate impacts and their perceptions, as well as adaptation options and their
implementation, in order to determine the conditions for social tipping points and sustainable policy options for
preventing large-scale displacement. The project mobilizes fresh methodologies and datasets in case-studies in Africa
and Asia that are relevant for European policy-making. The project pursues a non-deterministic understanding of the
impact of climate change on migration, and enables a systematic comprehension and appreciation of the complex
social, economic and environmental interactions involved. This allows us to develop policy-relevant migration
scenarios. On this basis, the project will propose a number of adaptation options for populations affected by climate
change, as well as recommendations to inform key policies, in particular the European Agenda on Migration.
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