Remittances and diaspora investments represent one of the greatest opportunities for rural communities to build climate resilience and sustainable land use in Africa, thereby improving life chances and reducing migration. These resources can promote greater climate adaptation in rural communities, improving economic security, reducing the incentives to migrate, and encouraging the eventual return and reintegration of migrants.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have partnered to contribute to the Sustainability, Stability and Security (3S) Initiative in Africa. This partnership seeks to enable rural remittance families and their communities to build climate resilience and improve sustainable land management, thereby enhancing livelihoods, food and water security, rural youth employment, and reducing the incentives for migration due to climate change.
The side event will be the opportunity to present IFAD-UNCCD approach to “Leveraging Remittances and Diaspora Investment for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Land Use” and the main findings of new recent reports on migrant remittances and diaspora investment as a resource for climate resilience in a structured dialogue with UNCCD national focal points, donors representatives and key stakeholders.
