UNICEF Pacific Consultancy: Individual Consultant for Integrating Child Rights into the Solomon Islands National Adaptation Plan, 51 days over 10 months

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The Solomon Islands is increasingly vulnerable to climate induced hazards, including more intense tropical cyclones, sea level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, and extreme rainfall leading to flooding and landslides. These hazards pose significant risks to lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, and the continuity of essential services.

Children are disproportionately affected. Climate related hazards disrupt health, nutrition, education, WASH, child protection, and social protection systems. They damage school infrastructure, interrupt learning, increase displacement, and contribute to psychological distress and long-term trauma. Strengthening the resilience of social services is therefore critical to ensuring that essential healthcare, education, and child protection services remain accessible before, during, and after climate shocks.

The Government of