Climate change is reshaping human mobility across the Philippines. Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and shifting agricultural patterns increasingly drive people to move – within rural areas, from countryside to cities, or in some cases, to remain trapped in vulnerable zones. These dynamics disproportionately affect marginalized groups such as farmers, fisherfolk, women, youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

In response, the Global Programme “Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change” (HMCCC II), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports the Philippines in advancing climate-resilient and gender-responsive approaches to internal migration. Implemented in close partnership with the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in the Philippines, the project builds on the national Population and Development Plan of Action and works in two pilot areas: Tanay in Rizal and Buenavista in Agusan del Norte.

Activities range from capacity building with local governments and civil society, to the development of tools and planning approaches that integrate climate, gender, and mobility perspectives. By linking local action with international policy frameworks, the HMCCC II Programme strengthens national and sub-national capacities to manage internal mobility in a way that is inclusive, gender-responsive, conflict-sensitive, and climate-resilient, helping ensure that no one is left behind.