Who We Are

The Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) is the UN’s dedicated global platform advancing solutions at the intersection of climate change and human mobility. It supports communities and countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis to anticipate, plan for, and respond to climate mobility.

Hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services and supported by champion Member States, UN agencies, the World Bank, cities, regional organizations, philanthropies, civil society, and research institutions, the GCCM enables positive adaptation journeys and just community transition through data & research, policy innovation, climate finance, partnerships, and community-led solutions for a changing climate.

Read the GCCM Background Note

We envision a world where people impacted by climate change are able to adapt with dignity - whether they choose to stay, are forced to move, or decide to relocate.

We empower communities to lead their respective climate adaptation journeys by advancing knowledge, informing policy, localizing financing, and fostering partnerships for lasting solutions.

Climate mobility refers to the movement of people within and across national borders as a result of both slow- or sudden-onset impacts of climate change. It involves different levels of constraints and agency, and encompasses both forced migration, displacement and planned relocation.

Climate mobility can be temporary or permanent, and can occur over different distances. The Global Centre for Climate Mobility works to ensure that whether individuals choose to stay, relocate or move, they are guided by well-informed adaptation strategies.

Sea-level rise is not a distant threat but a lived reality. Driven by ocean warming and the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, it is accelerating, threatening communities across islands, coastlines, low-lying deltas, and archipelagos.

Sea-level rise is undermining hard-won development gains, particularly in developing countries, including Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries.

Its severe and irreversible impacts demand urgent, coordinated international action, with adaptation and mitigation solutions grounded in the best available science and knowledge.