Skip to content

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Read our Science Bulletin
Brief

Is Planned Relocation a Viable Solution to Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Fiji? Climate Change Adaptation in Post-Disaster Recovery – Policy Brief 7

Climate change has had severe impacts on Fiji over the past ten years. In response to rising sea levels and large-scale climate events, Fiji plans to relocate at least 45 vulnerable villages in the next five to ten years. To what extent is planned relocation reducing the accountability of the world’s main sources of carbon emissions? Where do ‘global best practices’, as defined in the UNHCR1 Guidance on Planned Relocation (GPR), fall short when considering local context, culture, and the individual needs of each affected community?