Disaster Displacement at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP29

November 4, 2024
Events

Will you be attending the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) scheduled 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan? Are you looking to learn more about how displacement and human mobility relating to disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change are being addressed at COP29? Are you in need of inspiration on key messages to include in your delegation’s interventions? Then, look no further – and do come back, since this article will be continuously updated as new information arrives!

Take a look at the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Key Messages on Disaster Displacement for COP29. Other resources will also be updated for further reading that States and other stakeholders can use to inform their interventions at the different events and sessions at the conference.

What does COP29 offer on disaster displacement and human mobility?

This 29th UN Climate Change Conference is organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan.

Below you can find a non-exhaustive list of relevant events discussing disaster displacement and human mobility that are scheduled to take place during COP29. The table will be regularly updated as further information becomes available. If you have any events to add to this list or relevant information about the ones already there, please email info@disasterdisplacement.org.

Cover illustration by Erhan Yalvaç)

Date & Time	Title	Organizer(s)	Location
Monday 11 Nov 2024 18:30—20:00	Progress on Multihazards Early warning for adaptation, loss and damage, FGGA pillars of climate action	African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (IGAD-ICPAC)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Tuesday 12 Nov 2024 16:45—18:15	What can Migrants and Displaced Persons bring to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage?	International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD); United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 3
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024 11:30-12:30	How can the UNFCCC and Loss and Damage Mechanism Catalyse Lasting Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change?	PDD, the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC)	IOM Pavilion
Thursday 14 Nov 2024 8:30 – 9:30	Grassroots, Local and National Actors: Partnership and Coordination on Displacement and Loss and Damage in Kenya	Government of Kenya, PDD, IOM, Kenya’s Council of Governors (CoG), Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)	IGAD Pavilion No D9, Blue Zone
Thursday 14 Nov 2024 11:30 - 12:30	Update on the Implementation Plan for the Pacific Regional Framework on Climate Mobility	PDD, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) Partners	IOM Pavilion
Thursday 14 Nov 2024 18:30—20:00	Scaling-up Climate Finance for Ambitious Action on Early Warning Systems for Adaptation with a Focus	World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 3
Thursday 15 Nov 2024 11:30—12:30	Social Dialogue for Fair Outcomes on Human Mobility and a Just Transition	International Labour Organization (ILO)	Just Transition Pavillion
Friday, 15 Nov 2024 13:00 – 14:00	Human Rights-based Approaches to Planned Relocation in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change	PDD, IOM, UNHCR, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons	IOM Pavillion
Friday 15 Nov 2024 15:00—16:30	International Loss and Damage Architecture a Year Out: Learning from the Experiences on the Ground	Vanuatu, Manila Observatory (MO), National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States (Baha'i International Community)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Friday 15 Nov 2024 15:00—16:30	Unstoppable Global Warming - Increasing Climatic Loss-damage and Human Mobility	An Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED), Egyptian Sustainable Development Forum (ESDF), Engineering Association for Development and Environment (EADE), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 6
Friday 15 Nov 2024 18:30—20:00	Financing Loss and Damage: Challenges and Way Forward for Grassroots Action	Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK), Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society (LEDARS), Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Saturday 16 Nov 2024 11:30—13:00	Loss and Damage Fund: Opportunity and Challenges for the People of the Global South	LDC Watch, Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024 11:30—13:00	Towards a Locally Efficient Mechanism to Respond to Losses and Damages	United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Habitat for Humanity International	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024 13:15—14:45	Responding to Displacement-Related Loss and Damage through Inclusive Data, Finance and Action	NRC, Arab Office for Youth and Environment - AOYE (AOYE), IMPACT Initiatives, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Munich Re Foundation (MRF), Refugees International	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024 14:30 – 15:30	Adapting to Climate Change: Investing in People and Pathways for a Just Transition	UNNM, ILO, UNFCCC, IOM, OHCHR, PDD, Act Aliance, CIEL	IOM Pavilion
Monday 18 Nov 2024 14:30—15:30	Adapting to Climate Change: Investing in People and Pathways for a Just Transition	IOM, Climate Change Workstream: ILO, UNFCCC, IOM Regular Migration Pathways Workstream: OHCHR, PDD, Act Aliance, CIEL	IOM Pavilion
Monday 19 Nov 2024 10:00—11:00	Labour Migration from Climate-vulnerable Areas: Adaptation? Just Transition? Exploitation?	ACT Alliance, PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), and Climate, Migration & Displacement Platform (CMDP)	Just Transition Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Tuesday 19 Nov 2024 16:45—18:15	Transforming Urban Mobility: Leveraging NDCs for Sustainable Transport and Climate Action	International Union of Railways (UIC), FIA Foundation (FIA Foundation), International Association of Public Transport (UITP)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Wednesday 20 Nov 2024 10:00 – 11:00	Climate Adaptation and Displacement Response: Innovative Gender-responsive Financing and Operational Models for Locally-led Actions and in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings	Global Centre for Climate Mobility, Secours Islamique France (SIF), Africa CSID and The National Treasury, Kenya	Climate Mobility Pavilion
Wednesday 20 Nov 2024 16:45—18:15	A Dialogue between Indigenous Peoples and Board Members of the Fund for Responding to Loss & Damage	International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Thursday 21 Nov 2024 15:00—16:30	Climate Change-Induced Displacement and Migration in Bangladesh: Consequences and Policy Responses	Dhaka International University Trust, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)	UNFCCC Side Event Room 5