Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
Year of publication
2016
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration, Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Internal
Type of environmental driver
Sea level rise
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Slow-onset
Sub-region
Micronesia
Region
Micronesia
Macro-region
Oceania
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse driversGCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
Increase in conflict and stress due to loss of property and land, and forced migration.
Ps. 16, 19
Population and resettlement – aim to reduce the vulnerability of Kiribati to increasing physical risks caused by climate change by establishing host country agreements to government-sponsored and self-sponsored emigration to resettle I-Kiribati overseas and assist the inevitable migration of the population, due to climate change as and when this eventually arrives.
Ps. 16, 19