Interview: Deciding whether to migrate and where to go
Interview of Prof. Walter Kaelin by Sabine Balk, originally published in the international journal D+C in English and in German.…
(Re) definiendo las fronteras de la agenda global y regional: La Plataforma sobre Desplazamiento por Desastres como ‘novel’ idea del mini-multilateralismo
Article in Spanish published on the blog Migraciones Climáticas En el año 2016 y con motivo de la Cumbre…
The Environment Is Changing: Is the Migrant Caravan a Consequence?
The blog post was written by Ileana Sinziana Puscas (Support Officer in the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at…
PDD Statement on the occasion of the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco
The Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services in Geneva.…
Key Messages for the 24th session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP24)
PDD Key Messages: Climate Change and Displacement in the Climate Change Negotiations under the UNFCCC Background Large-scale movements of people,…
Key Messages for the Adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
PDD Key Messages for the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Marrakech, Morocco…
Migration and Climate Change in the ‘Dry Corridor’: A Call for Action by Central American Authorities of Environment
By Juan Carlos Méndez, Regional Advisor with the Platform on Disaster Displacement Two weeks after the Special Report on Global…
The Global Compact for Migration: A breakthrough for disaster-displaced persons and the beginning of a long process
Five questions to Prof. Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chair, about the Global Compact for Migration 1. The text of…
‘Climate Refugees’ Beyond the Legal Impasse
Disaster displacement is one of the greatest humanitarian challenges facing the international community in the twenty-first century. Of particular concern…
Migration, environmental hazards and social justice in Southeast Asia. Insights from: “Living with Floods in a Mobile Southeast Asia: A Political Ecology of Vulnerability, Migration and Environmental Change”
By Andreea R. Torre Human mobility and resettlement, voluntary or forced, is one of the most severe consequences of environmental…
Statement by the Envoy on the occasion of the UNHCR High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 December 2017 CROSS-BORDER DISPLACEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen…
Key Messages for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Key Messages for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration from the Platform on Disaster Displacement Puerto Vallarta,…
