ILO, International Labour Organization (2025) Climate change, environmental degradation and labour mobility in the ASEAN region. p. 16.
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ASEAN countries are facing a variety of climate change and related environmental challenges. The climate crisis is already having profoundly disruptive impacts on people in some areas of the region and on their livelihoods. Most climate-related movement occurs within a person’s country of origin or residence, through internal migration or displacement. However, the porous borders between some ASEAN countries mean that there is also cross-border movement related to climate change. Labour migration can be a valuable component of adaptation strategies and strengthening resilience by offering livelihood diversification, possible income enhancement and skills development, and remittances, but only if labour migration is rights based and optional for each migrant. The State needs to provide alternative options for adaptation in situ for individuals who do not wish to migrate. The first step of adaptation measures should try to ensure conditions that enable people to remain at home and not compel them to migrate. Decent work is imperative if labour migration is going to enhance livelihoods, protect the rights of workers and foster resilience in context of climate change. This starts with fair recruitment. Most ASEAN countries are still at the early stages of adaptation planning and the development of policies to reshape economies to be environmentally sustainable. The Philippines National Adaptation Plan gives substantial consideration to the links with migration and displacement as part of the country’s approach to build resilience, minimize climate-related loss and damage. Heat stress is an adverse effect of climate change and is more prevalent in countries with decent work deficits. It can drive migration and is also a risk to migrant workers in countries of destination. Where there are shortages, the benefits of migration can be harnessed to meet the skill and labour needs for a just transition in the ASEAN region. Such plans need to include gender-specific policies to ensure equitable opportunities for women migrant workers. Key recommendations include the need to enhance policy coherence at both the national and regional levels. Governments should work to ensure policy cohesion and develop connected and coordinated policy agendas for both climate change and migration.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | ASEAN, Climate Change, ILO, Labour Mobility, Livelihoods, Food Security, Sea Level Rise, Migration, Adaptation, Fisheries, Mining, Policy |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 10:37 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 10:37 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22472 |
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