HRW, Human Rights Watch (2025) “There’s just no more land”: Community-led planned relocation as last-resort adaptation to sea level rise in Solomon Islands. Human Rights Watch (HRW). ISBN 979-8-88708-203-5
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This report describes the threats to human rights before, during and after planned relocations related to sea level rise and climate change impacts in Solomon Islands, through a detailed look at the experience of the small community of Walande. Community members planned and executed a relocation within Solomon Islands over the course of many years, which was completed around 2015. Solomon Islands is an important context to explore these issues because the government has advanced farther than most countries on policymaking around planned relocation, with comprehensive national Planned Relocation Guidelines launched in 2022, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) under development at the time of writing. This report focuses on Walande to identify lessons that have significant implications for effective implementation of the Guidelines in future relocations, as well as addressing the protection gaps for communities that have already relocated. The issues explored apply to many communities in Solomon Islands and should be factored into international donor support that safeguards communities’ rights and autonomy.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Adaptation, Sea Level Rise, Solomon Islands, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Coastal Communities, Climate Change, Indigenous People |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 10:13 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 10:13 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21900 |
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