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Climate change is often thought of as a ‘risk’ or future issue.
However, here in the Pacific, the impacts of rising waters, cyclones and water contamination are a reality that is happening right now.
Our research gathers real life stories from families across six Pacific countries: Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. They show how these families have had to relocate - or have been unable to leave - when climate change affected their homes and livelihoods.
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Climate change isn’t just impacting where people’s homes are.
It also impacts food security, fishing, and the cultural connections between our nations.
Despite these difficult conditions, many Pacific families show resilience and want to stay because they have loved ones buried in the area, a sense of belonging to their place or there simply isn’t other land available to move to. For some locations, the extreme conditions mean that whole communities are having to look at relocating.
Our research offers insights that can help shape effective, realistic policy.
Stories like these need to be at heart of policy in the Pacific and in Aotearoa. Our Pacific-led research has been completed by a team of expert researchers, with conversations conducted in native languages. We’re ensuring Pacific-Indigenous voices are represented in decision-making, and our research shares the voice of remote and rural communities.
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