DECCMA ideas & goals

DECCMA’s aims are:

To evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation options in deltas
To assess migration as an adaptation in deltaic environments under a changing climate
To deliver policy support to create the conditions for sustainable gender-sensitive adaptation

To understand the governance mechanisms that promote or hinder migration of men and women in deltas
To identify climate change impact hotspots in deltas where vulnerability will grow and adaptation will be needed
To understand the conditions that promote migration and its outcomes, as well as gender-specific adaptation options for trapped populations, via surveys
To understand how climate-change-driven global and national macro-economic processes impact on migration of men and women in deltas
To produce an integrated systems-based bio-physical and socio-economic model to investigate potential future gendered migration under climate change
To conceptualise and evaluate migration within a wide suite of potential adaptation options at both the household and delta level
To identify feasible and desirable adaptation options and support implementation of stakeholder led gender-sensitive adaptation policy choices

What is the current migration trend in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Volta and Mahanadi deltas?
What are the drivers of migration in these deltas today?
How might these drivers change in the future?
What are the current and potential adaptation options, including the role of migration?
Which adaptation options (planned and autonomous) are successful today and could be in the future?
What are the impacts of other adaptation options on migration?