A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
A group of States leading and working together towards better protection for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change
The Context
Every year, millions of people are forced to leave their homes because of floods, tropical storms, droughts, glacier melting, earthquakes and other natural hazards. Many find refuge within their own country, but some have to move abroad. Scientists warn that climate change is projected to increase displacement in the future. Large-scale displacements have devastating effects on people. They create complex challenges that call for urgent partnerships and action beyond traditional silos.
The objective of the Platform on Disaster Displacement is to follow-up on the work started by the Nansen Initiative, and to implement the recommendations of the Protection Agenda, a toolbox to better prevent and prepare for displacement and to respond to situations when people are forced to find refuge, within their own country or across the border. The Platform builds partnerships between policymakers, practitioners and researchers and constitute a multi-stakeholder forum for dialogue, information sharing as well as policy and normative development. It is led by Fiji and the European Union.
This submission by the Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement to the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement discusses issues related to internal displacement in the context of sudden and slow-onset disasters triggered by natural hazards.
In a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Committee has found it is unlawful for governments to send people back to countries where climate change impacts expose people to life-threatening risks or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.