15 Apr 2019

Climate migration project launched in Pacific

From , 4:04 am on 15 April 2019

The International Organisation for Migration has launched a three year regional project in Fiji to help Pacific governments address climate and disaster-related displacement.

The project has received funding from the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security and aims to respond to climate change and migration that might result from this.

The programme manager at the agency's Suva office, Sabira Coelho told Jenny Meyer about the project. 

People of Kiritimati coral atoll building a stone seawall to struggle against sea level rise cause by global warming.

People of Kiritimati coral atoll building a stone seawall to struggle against sea level rise cause by global warming. Photo: AFP