Integrating policies addressing modern slavery and climate change - Research Report

Joint action on the intersections and the provision of what a safe and dignified migration Social Risks pathway looks like need to be understood Improvements needed in the granularity of data on all forms of work associated with the impacts of climate change, but also in relation to 12 Integrating policies addressing modern slavery and climate change modern slavery, and the impacts of transitionin. [...] A review of the key UK and devolved legislation related to the environment to scope current efforts to address the risks of modern slavery and climate change was completed, and an assessment to assess extent to which they are considered in combination. [...] Comparative Governance Globally In the vein of the calls for combined legislation in the UK (e.g., by the CJC 2020), learning from promising developments in other geographies, is important to develop and tailor recommendations for the UK and devolved nations, and in relation to the effectiveness of the UK’s domestic and ODA activities. [...] 18 Integrating policies addressing modern slavery and climate change Figure 6: Summary of the geographic coverage of the international legislation reviewed those that address either climate change, the environment, labour conditions and/or modern slavery to identify learnings to include in the strengthening the mainstreaming of combined policy action on modern slavery and climate change in the UK. [...] Related to the point above about the barriers to communication, the operational management of the civil service and key organisations/departments can create further barriers to the effective alignment of modern slavery and climate change agendas.