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It details the environmental impacts of plastic, including entanglement and ingestion by 344 and 331 marine species respectively, and the economic losses associated with tourism and material waste. The brief surveys a wide array of international treaties—such as UNCLOS, MARPOL, and the Basel Convention—and regional frameworks like the RSCAPs, arguing that policies must shift from focusing on ocean-based waste to targeting land-based sources. 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It outlines collaborations with the IPCC, UN agencies, and various NGOs to bridge the gap between scientific research and policy implementation, particularly for Latin America.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000866#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI Executive Directorate increased its visibility through participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000866#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI established a strategic partnership with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) to support South-South and triangular cooperation on climate change research, with a specific focus on climate-resilient megacities in the Americas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000866#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"To enhance the contribution of Latin American researchers to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the IAI agreed on short-term and long-term actions, including facilitating access to IAI research data and promoting regional studies in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. 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It highlights how corruption fuels instability, conflict, and migration, while arguing that current youth engagement in anti-corruption efforts is superficial. 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In East Africa, surveys show 58% of youth in Tanzania believe the method of making money is irrelevant if one avoids jail, 55% in Uganda admire those who make money 'by hook or by crook', and 30% in Kenya believe corruption is profitable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002630#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Institutionalised corruption acts as a push factor for the dangerous migration of young people from and within Africa, and these migrants often face further demands for bribes along their routes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002630#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current youth participation in anti-corruption efforts is described as limited and superficial, often consisting of one-off discussions that do not influence core structural policy decisions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002630#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AU Advisory Board on Corruption (AU-ABC) lacks youth representation; none of its 10 members fall within the AU's youth age bracket of 15 to 35.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002630#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["governance","human rights","climate migration"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Zimbabwe","Kenya","Tanzania","Uganda","Democratic Republic of the Congo","South Sudan","Central African Republic","Nigeria","Mauritius","Tunisia","Botswana","Senegal","Morocco"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","socio-economic assessment"]},{"id":"issafri-002631","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002631","title":"Global Compact for Migration: Enhancing African migration governance","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2018","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/pb120.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) provides a framework to counter biased narratives that depict African migration as primarily a crisis of people fleeing to Europe, whereas over 80% of African migration is intra-continental. 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