Drivers of Vulnerability to Heat Related Health impacts for Migrants in European Cities: A scoping review of the existing literature {Proyecto IMBRACE},(ICTA-BCNUEJ, UAB)

This report offers a scoping review of academic literature produced between 2005 and 2025 on how climate change—particularly extreme heat—impacts migrant health vulnerability. It applies an intersectional lens, identifying eight drivers of heat-related health vulnerability ranging from systemic inequality and discriminatory policy environments to gaps in infrastructure and health systems. By highlighting these interconnections, the report moves beyond a one size-fits-all metrics toward a justice-centered understanding of vulnerability that recognizes migrants as active agents in shaping climate adaptation.