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The final thematic webinar in 2025 in the series held on March 20, 2025 brought together 52 participants from east and southern Africa and internationally, focusing on the interplay for health equity between climate and migration in and beyond the region. The webinar was organised and moderated by TARSC (R Loewenson), with IT support from B Ncube. Three panellists gave presentations: Mr Francis Pawandiwa, Coordinator, Nyahunure Community Trust, Mutoko district, Zimbabwe, from a community lens; Dr Moeketsi Modisenyane, School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, from a national and regional lens and Hannah Marcus, Environmental Health Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations, covering the international lens. Human migration has been happening for thousands of years, within and across countries and regions, as “an essential part of humanity” and socio-economic innovation. People migrate to exploit new resources and opportunities, or are forced to migrate due to conflict, land expropriations, economic, food and water insecurity, emergencies and loss of livelihoods. When climate changes intensify these drivers, it also increases migration. The EQUINET webinar thus interrogated the relationships between climate, migration and health equity at the local, national and global levels, and suggested actions to be taken to mitigate the impacts. This brief prepared by TARSC (RL) summarises key issues raised on how climate as a risk multiplier has excerbated drivers in communities leading to migration, affected migrants along the route, and in the recieving communities. It highlights their health equity impacts in these three groups and the local, national, regional and global responses to these impacts and areas for further research from background document review and from the webinar presentations and discussions.