Understanding the impacts of the climate crisis on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of Pacific youth: Identifying opportunities for risk reduction

Abstract

The climate crisis is a significant and mounting threat to human and ecological health. In this thesis I aimed to explore the relationship between increasing climate impacts in the Pacific, and the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of Pacific youth. Climate and disaster justice highlights the inequitable and disparate impacts of the crisis on the least emitting countries and communities. This has prompted a focus on the systemic creation of disaster risks, which recognises that disasters exacerbate pre existing social and health inequities, disproportionately affecting those who already experience marginalisation. SRHR is an essential indicator of health equity for youth, wi..