NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLAN (NAP) FOR GRENADA, CARRIACOU AND PETITE MARTINIQUE

NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLAN (NAP) FOR GRENADA, CARRIACOU AND PETITE MARTINIQUE

Climate Change
Policy
2017
See the publication
Year of publication
2017
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Relocated
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Floods, Droughts, Sea level rise, Heatwaves, Coastal erosion
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT SPECIFIC - Mentions climate-induced displacement as a risk and the example of a community relocated out of a high risk area. Identifies displacement as some of the climate change related health risks.
Regional instruments Member countries
Grenada
Sub-region
Caribbean
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Macro-region
Americas
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
A
Human rights marker
B

Some of the climate change related (human) health risks identified in Grenada, arise from direct extreme weather events and natural disasters, which include; displacement p. 57

Ps. 53, 57

The following support was provided under the EU funded OECS CCA/SLM project: The population of Soubise, a high disaster risk area, was relocated to a new housing scheme p. 53

Ps. 53, 57

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).