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Displaying 15 of about 15 resultsThis national assessment report brings together available evidence on the climate change, environment and migration nexus in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The aim of the report is twofold, such that: (a) it maps the relationship between migration, environment and climate change by looking at human mobility due to environmental change; and (b) it exa…
This report presents the findings of a survey and qualitative interviews conducted to investigate to what extent migration can be seen an adaptation strategy to environmental and climate change in the country.
The survey reveals that migration is associated with positive impacts on income and employment levels and, to a lesser extent, with trade and in…
By Lin Taylor
SOUTH RIVER, Vanuatu - Villagers in South River, a palm-fringed coastal community in the low-lying South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, are used to battling cyclones, floods and tsunamis but are now facing a new threat - rising seas.
Worldwide, seas have risen 26 cm (10 inches) since the late 19th century, driven by melting ice and th…
It has been scientifically demonstrated that, regardless of whether we admit it or not, climate change is a global process, unfortunately continuous, a “threat multiplier” and “very likely” to be human-induced.
Since 2008, an average of 21.5 million people have been displaced from their homes each year by rapid onset climate-related events. A…
The Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations has proposed a resolution to create a legal framework for people displaced by climate change.
It will provide a forum to discuss paths forward through disaster risk reduction programs, legal guidelines, and potential land solutions.
The COP23 Oceans Action forum in Germany has heard the latest scie…
By Lin Taylor
WAILOTUA, Fiji - For most of Buisalia Tevita's life, prayers and luck were all her Fijian community could rely on to protect itself from the cyclones, floods or landslides that regularly hit the islands.
"During a disaster, everything (is) in a mess. People don't know what to do," said Tevita, who lives in Wailotua Village No. 1, located…
"We want movement in a controlled way, rather than in a panic" says director-general of Fiji Red Cross
By Laurie Goering
BONN, Germany - When Cyclone Winston smashed into Fiji last year, killing 44 people and destroying more than a dozen villages, people who found themselves without homes got on boats.
Many headed to Suva, Fiji's capital, where they…
Australia and New Zealand connect with UNDP and Small Island Developing States to build next-generation climate resilience projects.
By Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Einstein pointed out that “the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” When sea-levels rise, resources run thin and politics enters the conversation, howev…
This report is the final publication of the European Union–funded Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP) project. The comparative report builds on desk reviews, household surveys and qualitative interviews conducted in the six project countries (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kenya, Republic of Mauritius, Papua New Guinea an…
This study aims to assess policies and mechanisms in Caribbean and Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) that address climate-induced migration and displacement. The migration of communities away from vulnerable regions is highly likely to be an adaptation strategy used in low-elevation SIDS, as the impacts of climate change are likely to result…
This publication presents examples of community engagement and accountability initiatives being implemented in both emergency and longer-term contexts. The case studies exemplify how community engagement and accountability is not only improving the response to the needs of the communities, but also in reducing their vulnerability and in b…
This study aims to provide an overview of the nexus of climate change, environmental degradation and migration in South Asia. The project involved research, including an assessment study, field research and national consultations in Bangladesh, the Maldives and Nepal to establish the evidence base and raise awareness on the subject.
Respondents in Nepa…
NEW YORK - When former Google software engineer Patri Friedman came up with the idea of building floating islands, he had in mind an unusual buyer: Libertarians, seeking freedom to live beyond the reach of governments.
But his futuristic plan has now found a new, motivated and very different audience - small islands halfway around the world that are sl…
LONDON - New Zealand is proposing a special refugee visa for Pacific Islanders who are forced to migrate because of rising sea levels, the nation’s new climate change minister said, as world leaders wrap up United Nations climate talks in Germany.
In the low-lying and vulnerable Pacific islands, the number of people moving within their own nations to f…
Pacific islanders may be among the first climate migrants - but a range of thorny legal obstacles stands in the way.
By Laurie Goering
LONDON - Pacific islanders may be among the first people in the world forced to migrate as a clear result of climate change - but a range of thorny legal obstacles stands in the way of that happening successfully…