Promoting a Human Security Approach to Disaster Displacement and Environmental Migration Policies Integrating the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Caribbean​

Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including those in the Eastern Caribbean, face are highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters – experiencing damage up to six times greater compared to developed countries. These recurring shocks, compounded by other socio-economic challenges, significantly hinder development progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these vulnerabilities, making SDG attainment even more difficult. Border closures and social distancing measures implemented in response to the pandemic severely disrupted economies across the Eastern Caribbean SIDS, deepening existing challenges and threatening long-term resilience.​

​The key objectives of the programme are to: (i) improve policy coherence at the national level in the Eastern Caribbean SIDS on the intersection between natural disasters and environmental displacement, and in the current COVID-19 environment; and (ii) develop and adopt a human security regional framework to address cross-border climate-related migration in the Eastern Caribbean.​

KEY MATERIALS 

Programme Summary
Assessment Tool to Facilitate the Integration of HSA into Environmental Migration and Disaster Displacement Policies and Mechanisms
Sample of a Country Assessment Report from the 9 Produced: Dominica
Best Practices in the Eastern Caribbean on the Protection of Persons Crossing Borders
Cross-border Evacuation Protocol​
Programme Infosheet
News Article – 09 November 2023: UN Barbados, Caribbean Nations Rally Together to Address Climate-Induced Migration