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PUBLICATIONS BY CMARN MEMBERS

We are proud to showcase recent research by Members of the Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN). If you are a CMARN Member and would like to share your research here, please contact us at cmarnetwork@gmail.com. If you would like to join CMARN, please Apply to Join.

Unless otherwise indicated, these publications are Open Access.

2026

  • Mamba, S.F., Ncube, M., Ndlovu, S., Ndlovu, N., Moyo, F., Dube, Z.L., Nkala, P., Ncube, V., Mathe, T., Murai, T. & Ndlovu, T. (2026). Climate-induced displacement and migration – Implications on poverty and household food security in southern Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 61(2), pp.1485–1497.

  • Mamba, S.F., Ndlovu, T. & Ncube, C. (2026). Climate and Gender Justice in Eswatini: Opportunities and Omissions Towards a Just Transition. In Just Transition and Climate Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 154–169). Routledge.

  • Ndlovu, S., Ndlovu, N., Moyo, F., Dube, Z.L., Murai, T., Ndlovu, T., Ncube, M., Nkala, P., Ncube, V., Mathe, T. & Mamba, F.S. (2026). Examining the Nexus Between Migration and Family Planning Access: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Emigrants in South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 61(2), pp.1277–1298.

  • Targba, A. (2026). Anticipated Ecological Disaster: Climate Change, Perennial Floods and Urban Resilience in Makurdi City, Nigeria. Journal of Internal Displacement, 16(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jid.v16i1.5

  • Obisanya, T. & Jegede, A.O. (2026). Mobility as climate change adaptation in South Africa: Exploring the legal and policy significance of Artificial Intelligence. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v18i1.2059

  • Nyarko, K.F., Wanke, S., Basco-Carrera, L. & McFee, E. (2026). Bridging international and regional climate mobility frameworks with local realities: an investigation of Ghana's governance of mobility as adaptation. Frontiers in Climate, 8:1663337. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2026.1663337/full

  • Ncube, T. & Ekoh, S.S. (2026). Building social cohesion through livelihood support in climate-related internal displacement settings: evidence from Zimbabwe and Mozambique (IDOS Policy Brief 14/2026). https://doi.org/10.23661/ipb14.2026

  • Birwe, H. (2026). Between constraint and resilience: displaced people facing the climate crisis in the Sahel. Forced Migration Review. https://www.fmreview.org/climate-choices-plus/birwe/

  • Birwe, H. (2026). Climate mobility governance in the Sahel. GlobalDev. https://globaldev.blog/climate-mobility-in-the-sahel-from-crisis-response-to-governance/

 

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2023

  • Ferreira Fernandes, C.S., Loureiro, J. & Alves, F. (2023). Research in environmentally induced human mobility: an analysis of methodological and theoretical dimensions. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-11-2022-0137

  • Ferreira Fernandes, C.S., Alves, F. & Loureiro, J. (2023). Human Mobility: The Invisible Issue in Climate Change Adaptation Policies: The Case of Morocco. In W. Leal Filho, M. Kovaleva, F. Alves, & I. R. Abubakar (Eds.), Climate Change Strategies: Handling the Challenges of Adapting to a Changing Climate (pp. 441–457). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28728-2_21

  • Ekoh, S.S., Teron, L. & Ajibade, I. (2023). Climate change and coastal megacities: Adapting through mobility. Global Environmental Change, 80, 102666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102666

  • Ekoh, S.S. & Teron, L. (2023). Vulnerable spaces, unequal responses: lessons for transformative climate resilience in Lagos. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5, 929121. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.929121

  • Scissa, C. (2023). Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Common Driver of (Im)Mobility and Radicalization in North Africa? In M. Borraccetti & S. Villani (Eds.), Between Integration and Radicalization in North Africa: A Focus on Morocco and Tunisia. Bologna University Press. https://buponline.com/prodotto/between-integration-and-radicalization-in-north-africa/

  • Diab, J.L. & Scissa, C. (2023). Gender, Migration and Environment in the MENA: Vulnerabilities, Frameworks and Ways Forward. Journal of Migration Affairs, Vol. 2. https://migrationaffairs.com/gender-migration-and-environment-in-the-mena-vulnerabilities-frameworks-and-ways-forward/

  • Braam, D., Abel, J., Martini, M. & Scissa, C. (2023). Climate change, migration, and zoonoses in the East and Horn of Africa region: a call for action. IOM Technical Brief. https://migrationhealthresearch.iom.int/climate-change-migration-and-zoonoses-east-and-horn-africa-region-call-action

  • Ekoh, S.S. (2023). Prioritizing Africa's Needs: how to strengthen Africa-German cooperation on migration. Megatrends Africa Blog, "Joint Futures 30" (Dec 1, 2023).

  • Ekoh, S.S. (2023). Climate (im)mobility in urban contexts: From recognition to action (IDOS Policy Brief 15/2023). https://doi.org/10.23661/ipb15.2023

  • Targba, A. (2023). Forced displacement, statelessness and citizenship crises in Nigeria. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 7(6), pp.1355–1369. https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2023.7716

  • Nyandiko, N.O. (2023). Incorporating human mobility into the disaster risk reduction laws, policies and strategies of African States. CMARN Insights Policy Brief series No. 2/2023. https://www.cmarnetwork.com/insightsen

  • Moyo, P., Ndlovu, T., Moyo, T.P., Mukuhlani, T., Nciizah, E., Nciizah, T., Nciizah, A.D., Ramalefane, T., Ehiane, S.O., Maphosa, F. & Maviza, G. (2023). Climate action policies, strategies and programming in Southern Africa: Missed opportunities for climate justice. In Climate Action in Southern Africa (pp. 18–29). Routledge.

 

2022

 

Earlier (2009–2021)

  • Wood, T. & Hansen-Lohrey, C. (2021). Disasters, climate change and public order: A principled application of regional refugee definitions [Blog]. Refugee Law Initiative. https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/05/24/disasters-climate-change-and-public-order/

  • Nyandiko, N. & Freeman, R. (2020). Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Development Policies and Their Consideration of Disaster Displacement and Human Mobility in the IGAD Region [Report]. https://1e43039e-a554-4a05-b047-69ef4014c998.filesusr.com/ugd/46d8e3_02303a7c446e45939fe37d88e022e56a.pdf

  • Jegede, A.O., Addaney, M. & Matinda, M.Z. (2019). The Protection of Climate Refugees under the African Human Rights System: Proposing a Value-Driven Approach. African Human Rights Yearbook, 3, pp.241–258. https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/images/edocman/journals/AHRY_2019/Addaney.pdf

  • Jegede, A.O. (2016). Rights away from home: Climate-induced displacement of indigenous peoples and the extraterritorial application of the Kampala Convention. African Human Rights Law Journal, 16(1), pp.58–82. https://doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2016/v16n1a3

  • Morinière, L.C. (2013). Understanding interactions in a socio-ecological system facing climate change. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 4(4), pp.147–167. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v04i04/37198

  • Morinière, L.C. & Hamza, M. (2012). Environment and mobility: A view from four discourses. Ambio, 41(8), pp.795–807. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0333-y

  • Morinière, L. (2012). Environmentally influenced urbanisation: Footprints bound for town? Urban Studies, 49(2), pp.435–450. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098011402233

  • Hamza, M., Morinière, L., Taylor, R., Matin, N. & Ali, B. (2012). Emerging issues: Forced migration by climate change. In R. Fujikura & M. Kawanishi (Eds.), Climate Change Adaptation and International Development: Making Development Cooperation More Effective (pp. 333–361). Earthscan.

  • Morinière, L.C. (2010). A well-founded fear? Tracing the footprints of environmentally influenced human mobility [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona].

  • Morinière, L.C.E., Hamza, M. & Taylor, R. (2009). Global footprint mapping & micro-simulation: A tool for risk management. Earthzine.

  • Morinière, L.C.E., Taylor, R., Hamza, M. & Downing, T. (2009). Climate change and its humanitarian impacts. Stockholm Environment Institute.

  • Morinière, L.C.E. (2009). Tracing the footprint of "environmental migrants" through 50 years of literature. In A. Oliver-Smith & X. Shen (Eds.), Linking Environmental Change, Migration & Social Vulnerability (UNU-EHS SOURCE No. 12, pp. 22–31). UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security.

  • Bronen, R., Chandrasekhar, D., Conde, D.A., Kavanova, K., Morinière, L.C., Schmidt-Verkerk, K. & Witter, R. (2009). Stay in place or migrate: A research perspective on understanding adaptation to a changing environment. In A. Oliver-Smith & X. Shen (Eds.), Linking Environmental Change, Migration & Social Vulnerability (UNU-EHS SOURCE No. 12, pp. 12–21). UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security.

 

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