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The Big Issue: Key Migration Opportunities and Challenges for SIDS
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No. 58 | 1 September 2014
During the drought of 2013 in the Marshall Islands, IOM worked with USAID to
get supplies through. © IOM/Joe Lowry 2013
Key Migration Opportunities and Challenges for SIDS
The 3rd UN International Conference on Small Island Developing States which
commences today in Apia, Samoa, promises to be a rich lagoon of conversations
on forced displacement, on the human impacts of climate change and natural
disasters, on the importance of migrant remittances to economic growth, and
finally – on what this all means: the implications of Labour Mobility. IOM’s
experience in the 13 small island developing countries where it operates
validates the correlation between migration, development, and the environment.
Now read on
IOM Calls Attention to Migration Partnerships for Sustainable Development in
SIDS
IOM Side Event – SIDS Conference, 3 Sept
"Migration Partnerships for Sustainable Development in SIDS," Apia, Samoa
(Venue: Conference Room 2)
Read more
*See Wednesday, 3 Sep tab
and
Partnership on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Read more
Young girl stands near the devastation of the central Philippine city of
Tacloban. © IOM 2013 (Photo by Conrad Navidad)
THE CLIMATE SUMMIT 2014:
An Opportunity
The Global Community
Cannot Miss
The Climate Summit of 23 September 2014 aims to mobilize support from
government, business, finance and civil society leaders in view of the
negotiations for the new climate agreement that will take place in the context
of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. World Meteorological
Organization Secretary General, Michel Jarraud proposes that Climate Science
can give us the cold facts, but Climate Action is something that nations and
individuals need to take.
Now read on
© IOM 2012
Crossing Borders: Relocation and Adaptation
An Interview with Professor Jane McAdam
1. In the context of SIDS, could environmental challenges and climate change
cause permanent resettlement and/or relocation of its inhabitants?
While Pacific island communities stress their desire to remain in their homes
for as long as possible, there is also recognition that environmental
challenges and the impacts of climate change may mean that islands become
uninhabitable over time. While relocation is their least preferred option, it
is nevertheless one possible element in a ‘toolkit’ of responses. Relocation
and resettlement (terms that are often used interchangeably) in essence
describe the physical movement of a community from one place to another, with
an attempt to re-establish the community in the new location.
Now read on
"Best Photo" awardee at the regional photo competition themed "Adaptation to
Climate Change" (in collaboration with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and
UNDP).
The Other Migrants Project: Providing Adaptive Livelihood Lifelines
An Interview with the IOM Mauritius Chief of Mission Lalini Veerassamy
Beyond recognising that small island States face starker challenges and risks
that border on extinction, IOM Mauritius conducted studies to identify
appropriate alternative livelihood that could be offered to displaced
communitiess. The “Other Migrants” Project was implemented with the financial
support of the IOM Development Fund and under the guidance of a Project
Implementation Committee led by the Mauritian Ministry of Environment and
Sustainable Development.
Now read on
Loss and Damage in the Context of Small Islands
SIDS are currently threatened by submergence, coastal flooding and coastal
erosion; and these threats intensify year after year due to the increasingly
significant impacts of climate change. Over the past several decades, the SIDS
have come to understand that the traditional policy tools - climate change
mitigation and adaptation - will no longer be sufficient. Through united and
multilateral efforts, strides have been taken and made on issues of loss,
damage, and "compensation" – if at all possible.
Now read on
All of the 22 Pacific Island countries are small island states. While Papua
New Guinea’s population is 7,321,000, the others vary between 1,000 (Niue) and
881,000 (Fiji).
Mobility, Climate Change
and Development in Pacific Small Island and Developing States
The Pacific has the highest per capita level of international mobility among
its resident populations and of all world regions. It is forecasted to
experience the most rapid population growth in the high mobility groups aged
15-34 years over the next two decades. Unfortunately, local economies have
limited capacity to absorb such a growth. It is central to the global
discussion on climate change, and several countries are tagged as being the
most vulnerable places in the world.
Now read on
In This Issue
Human Mobility: a Challenge and an Opportunity for Small Islands – IOM
Director General, William L. Swing
The Climate Summit 2014: An Opportunity the Global Community Cannot Miss –
Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Crossing Borders: Relocation and Adaptation Options for SIDS - A Legal Expert
View by Professor Jane McAdam
The "Other Migrants" Project - Providing Adaptive Livelihood Lifelines - IOM
Mauritius Chief of Mission Lalini Veerassamy
Migration, Loss and Damage in the Context of Small Islands - Yana Nazarova
Mobility, Climate Change and Development in Pacific Small Island and
Developing States - Professors Graeme Hugo and Richard Bedford
Bottom-line: Cartoon
Forthcoming Events
September 1
Government of the Kingdom of Norway and Nansen Initiative Side Event - SIDS
Conference "Prevent, Prepare, and Respond: Displacement in the Context of
Disasters and the Effects of Climate Change"
September 2
Climate Vulnerable Forum Side Event - SIDS Conference "The Post-2015 Climate
Change Regime We Need – SIDS working together with other vulnerable groups"
September 3
ILO and World Bank Side Event - SIDS Conference Sustainable Development,
Labour Markets and Labour Migration in the Pacific
September 1-4
September 2014 UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, SIDS, Apia,
Samoa
September 3
IOM Side Event – SIDS Conference, "Migration partnerships for sustainable
development in SIDS", Apia, Samoa, Venue: Conference room 2
September 23
United Nations Secretary General Climate Summit 2014, New York, United States
October 2-3
International Workshop - "Integrating Migration into Development - Diaspora as
a Development Enabler," Rome, Italy
October 7-8
Migration and Families: IOM International Dialogue on Migration, Geneva,
Switzerland
November 5-7
WMO Conference on the Gender Dimension of Weather and Climate Services
November 7-8
Workshop on Organizational Perspectives on Environmental Migration
November 17-18
Second Preparatory Committee meeting for the Third UN World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland.
November 25-28
105th Session of the IOM Council, Geneva, Switzerland
December 1-12
20th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC, Lima, Peru.
IOM, in coordination with its partners, will dedicate a space to human
mobility and climate change within the One UN Exhibition Space.
Video
Case of Carteret Islands. Produced by Oxfam Australia. Watch here
Publications
"Environmental Migration, Human Rights and Legal Issues," Insights on Law and
Society – Mariam Traore Chazalnoël and Daria Mokhnacheva
IOM Infosheet on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Get Involved
Join the Asia-Pacific Migration and Environment Network! Share your research,
publications, and thoughts on the migration and environment nexus.
Visit Apmen
Visit migrantscontribute.com
The Bottom Line
© Copyright Dina Ionesco 2014
IOM Environmental Migration Newsletter Editorial Team
Ms. Dina IONESCO - Policy Officer Focal Point for Migration Environment and
Climate Change • Ms. Daria MOKHNACHEVA – Policy Officer • Ms. Mariam TRAORE
CHAZALNOEL - Migration, Environment and Climate Change Associate Expert • Ms.
Sieun LEE - Research Officer
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