How climate change adaptation strategies and climate migration interact to control food insecurity?
Received date: 2024-10-21
Accepted date: 2025-05-29
Online published: 2025-07-08
As the impact of climate change intensifies, climate migration (climate change-induced migration) has become a pressing global issue that requires effective adaptation strategies to lessen its effects. Therefore, this study delved into the complex relationship between climate change adaptation strategies and climate migration with food insecurity serving as a mediating factor. We collected sample data through face-to-face interviews in Khorramabad City, Iran from February to May in 2023. Using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), we explored how food insecurity influences the relationship between climate change adaptation strategies and climate migration. The findings showed that while climate change adaptation strategies can boost community resilience, their success is closely tied to levels of food insecurity. About 78.72% of the surveyed households experienced certain levels of food insecurity, increasing the risk of displacement due to climate-related disasters. Climate change adaptation strategies including economic strategies, irrigation management strategies, organic-oriented strategies, sustainable development-oriented strategies, and crop variety management strategies played a significant role in reducing climate migration. Moreover, we found that climate change adaptation strategies not only impact food security, but also shape migration decisions. This research underscores the importance of an integrated approach that links climate change adaptation strategies, climate migration, and food insecurity. This study emphasizes the importance of food security for formulating sustainable adaptation strategies.
Mohammad Reza PAKRAVAN-CHARVADEH , Jeyran CHAMCHAM , Rahim MALEKNIA . How climate change adaptation strategies and climate migration interact to control food insecurity?[J]. Regional Sustainability, 2025 , 6(3) : 100229 . DOI: 10.1016/j.regsus.2025.100229
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