National Framework for Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation
Year of publication
2013
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, Labour
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
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
Population and resettlement – The need to reduce the vulnerability of Kiribati to increasing physical risks caused by climate change forms an important part of the case for host country agreement to government-sponsored and self-sponsored emigration to resettle I-Kiribati overseas so as to establish a community which can then sponsor and assist the inevitable migration of the population, due to CC, as and when this eventually arrives.
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