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“A ground-breaking agreement at COP 28 recognised the need to transition away from fossil fuels to minimise greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement...

Climate change could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050, as highlighted by the World Bank’s Groundswell report. Climate change exacerbates migrants’ vulnerability as they have few options and frequently find themselves migrating in conditions that violate their human dignity and integrity... Climate change must be addressed as a new source of emerging migration and international displacement.

The environmental justice movement has progressively addressed the specific vulnerability of certain groups, including migrant workers and their families. Yet, there should be more discussion on how systemic and historical racism and other multiple and intersecting systems of discrimination have created those vulnerabilities.

The Committee, therefore, recommends that States address climate change, environmental degradation, and natural catastrophes as drivers of migration... States should also provide complementarity protection and temporary stay arrangements for migrant workers displaced by climate change who cannot return to their home countries...

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