Pacific Climate Change and Migration
UNESCAP
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Description
By improving the knowledge base on climate change, strengthening local data gathering, and improving labour migration data, Pacific Islands governments will be in a better position to understand and track the needs of different groups in the population, including youth, women and the poor, as well as other groups which are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The project will help support Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru to improve capacity to understand the needs of local communities with regards to climate induced migration, including those living on outer islands. This will serve as an important mechanism for ensuring inclusive participation in policy planning as well as providing input for forecasting migration flows (facilitated through innovative technology). The countries will also be supported to take concrete action based on their priorities. Improved regional mobility facilitated at both national and regional levels through various migration schemes. Improved regional mobility has the potential to not only benefit the migrants themselves and their families (through remittances) but also people in countries that receive migrants from Pacific Island countries and the communities they come from.
National project officers in the three focus countries, Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu, will ensure maximum capacity-building.
A regional Project Steering Committee and national-level Project Advisory Committees which include key stakeholders will be responsible for guiding implementation.
UNESCAP Pacific Office
ILO Country Office for the Pacific
UNDP Pacific Centre
- Donor Agencies
European Union
- National Governments
Tuvalu
Nauru
Kiribati
This Partnership is in collaboration with many others, including: Governments of Pacific Island developing states, international organizations, regional organisations operating in the Pacific, Donors, NGOs and other partners.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
SDG 14 targets covered
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- Asia and Pacific
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Jillian Campbell, Project Manager