A/77/189 disaster or whose life or integrity is in danger owing to such a cause. In addition, the holder of such a visa may be granted refugee status following fulfilment of some requirements established in law. 41 77. In August 2018, the German Advisory Council on Global Change proposed to develop a “climate passport” that would offer those who are at risk of global warming the option to gain access to civil rights in safe countries. The climate passport would allow voluntary and humane migration routes for the population of States whose territory will likely become uninhabitable owing to climate change. In this case, the passport would generally apply to the entire population and wou ld not require a direct application by individual citizens, who therefore would not have to prove to have been directly affected by the disaster. 78. Ecuador provides humanitarian protection to migrant applicants who can demonstrate the existence of exceptional reasons of a humanitarian nature as victims of natural or environmental disasters. The applicant can be granted access to a humanitarian visa for a period of up to two years. Argentina grants humanitarian visas to enter the country and has recognized the right to stay for humanitarian reasons to any persons who, despite not requiring international protection, are temporarily unable to return to their countries of origin by reason of the prevailing humanitarian conditions or owing to the consequences caused by environmental disasters. The residence permit lasts six months, with the possibility of renewal before the date of expiration. 79. Under the law on migration of Brazil (Law No. 13.445 of 2017), the requirements for granting a temporary humanitarian visa are established in article 14 (c), providing that the temporary humanitarian reception visa may be granted to a stateless person or a national of any country in a situation of serious or imminent institutional instability, armed conflict, major disaster, environmental catastrophe or serious violation of human rights or international humanitarian law. Similarly, article 30 (c) of the law provides for the possibility of granting a residence permit for humanitarian reasons. 80. New Zealand has a framework in place for accepting migrants from Pacific Island States and for building capacity locally in the affected areas. Under the New Zealand Pacific Access Category Resident Visa programme, there is a quota for a total of 650 migrants from Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and Tuvalu to apply for permanent residency in New Zealand every year, while a quota of 1,100 is allocated for Samoan migrants under the Samoan Quota Resident Visa. Australia has prepared a framework for accepting workers, targeted at citizens of Pacific Island States. The Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme, launched in July 2018, serves to enhance capacity across the Pacific region and eliminate labour shortages in Australia by accepting workers from nine countries including Fiji, Kiribati and Nauru. 42 81. In 2019, Fiji established a trust fund to support the planned relocation of communities affected by climate change. The 2019–2024 strategy on drought-related disasters of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development includes efforts to bui ld resilience and promote migration as an adaptation mechanism. The Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America used guidelines on disaster displacement as a training tool to support its member countries. Some countries also incorporate migrants and migration into their disaster risk reduction or preparedness frameworks (see A/76/642). __________________ 41 42 22-11278 Submission by Mexico. See www.spf.org/opri-intl/global-data/report/perspectives/20200526071205772.pdf. 19/23