This advocacy brief, co-published by the Loss and Damage Collaboration and Researching Internal Displacement, calls for the mainstreaming of population displacement, forced migration and other forms of involuntary human mobility into policy and practice addressing loss and damage related to climate change. The messages in this brief are directly relevant to ongoing Loss and Damage negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the lead-up to COP 28. 

The messages have been developed by The Loss and Damage and the Challenges of Human Mobility and Displacement working group who have, since the beginning of 2023, gathered and analysed empirical data on human mobility and loss and damage, identified existing ‘good practices’ and developed operational, policy and funding recommendations for policymakers and practitioners.