Assessing the evidence: Migration, environment and climate change in Papua New Guinea

This national assessment brings together existing evidence on the migration, environment and climate change nexus in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The report provides a review of environmental migration materialised in local realities and compiles data from a wide variety of sources, including government policy documents, academic research, working papers and other publications and research carried out by national and international organizations, NGOs and research institutions.

An overview of PNG’s exposure to environmental and climatic changes is provided, as well as the factors influencing human vulnerability. The report maps the complex relationship between migration, environment and climate change, and particularly looks at two case studies of Carteret Islanders and people displaced by the volcanic eruption in Manam Island since 2004. Second, it examines the existing policy frameworks and offers guidance to integrate environmental migration in PNG’s national planning, offering a ‘policy toolkit’ with suggestions of policy options and identified priorities.

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Assessing the evidence: Migration, environment and climate change in Papua New Guinea