Mobility is a key livelihood and risk management strategy, including in the context of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced long standing concerns that migrant populations remain largely overlooked in economic development, adaptation to climate change, and spatial planning. We synthesize evidence across multiple studies that confirms the overwhelming preponderance of in-country and short distance rather than international migration in climate change hotspots in Asia and Africa. The emerging findings highlight the critical importance of addressing immobility and the intersecting social determinants that influence who can move and who cannot in development policy. This evidence suggests a more focused climate mobilities research agenda that includes understanding multiple drivers of mobility and multi-directional movement; intersecting social factors that determine mobility for some and immobility for others; and the implications for mobility and immobility under climate change and the COVID-19 recovery.

流动性是一项重要的生计和风险管理战略，包括在气候变化的背景下。COVID-19 大流行加剧了长期以来的担忧，即移民人口在经济发展、适应气候变化和空间规划方面仍然在很大程度上被忽视。我们综合多项研究的证据，证实在亚洲和非洲的气候变化热点地区，国内和短距离而非国际移民占压倒性优势。新出现的调查结果强调了解决不动产问题以及影响发展政策中谁可以移动和谁不能移动的交叉社会决定因素的重要性。这一证据表明，气候流动性研究议程更加集中，包括了解流动性和多向运动的多种驱动因素；决定某些人流动性和其他人不流动性的交叉社会因素；以及气候变化和 COVID-19 复苏对流动性和固定性的影响。