The Government of Nauru launches new climate citizenship program at Singapore global conference. His Excellency President David Adeang launched Nauru’s innovative Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program at the 18th Global Citizenship Conference in Singapore, on 28 November, and urged attendees to join Nauru in the transformative journey focusing on climate resilience and sustainable development.
Nauru the fifth most vulnerable country in the world based on the Multidimensional Index (MVI), Nauru is still waiting for development partners and financial institutions to adopt the MVI and formally recognise Nauru’s unique vulnerabilities.
Nauru is taking proactive steps through initiatives like its new economic and climate resilience citizenship program that will provide an innovative avenue to secure funding for a sustainable Nauru, helping to address and overcome the devastating impacts of climate change.
Our legislation mandates that citizenship criteria align with FATF Standards, a necessary measure to uphold the integrity of this initiative.”
President Adeang
Nauru also has the Higher Ground Initiative (HGI) which aims to relocate 90 per cent of families and infrastructure from coastal areas to higher ground, ensuring their safety from rising sea levels and coastal erosion. Nauru will pioneer solutions that align global investment with climate resilience.