Mayors Migration Council (MMC)

Affiliation or Individual:

Vittoria Zanuso

City, Country:

New York, United States of America

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The MMC’s mission is to empower and enable cities with access, capacity, knowledge, and connections to engage in migration diplomacy and policymaking at the international, regional, and national level. We ensure that governments’ responses address realities on the ground for the benefit of newcomers and the communities that receive them.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection, Migration, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The MMC has a founding partnership with C40 Cities that works towards building momentum around actions that cities are taking to address climate-induced migration and promote inclusive climate action. In the context of this initiative, the MMC:
• Coordinates and streamlines cities’ diplomatic activities to promote conducive national and international policy frameworks that are proactive in facilitating ‘safe, regular and orderly’ movements of people in the face of climate change impacts.
• Highlights concrete recommendations and best practices on integrating inclusive climate action with integration/inclusion policies in cities.
• Promotes joint and targeted approaches towards climate and migration related funding instruments and streams.

Website:

https://www.mayorsmigrationcouncil.org/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MayorsMigration

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3GfrSZCReB49Zp-IBzZqHw/featured

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Affiliation or Individual:

Nina Birkeland

City, Country:

Oslo, Norway

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization providing assistance, protection and long-term solutions to displaced persons worldwide. We advocate the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons locally, nationally and internationally, in order to influence decision-makers to improve conditions for those affected by displacement. Our standby rosters – NORCAP – strengthen the capacity of the international community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

NRC prioritises the rights and protection of displaced people in disasters.
• We protect displaced people during and after disasters.
• We prevent displacement by building resilience in countries at risk.
• We deploy experts to strengthen the capacity of UN, regional and national partners who work on reducing disaster risks and adapting to climate change.
• We expand and share our knowledge through research and analysis.
• We achieve long-term policy solutions through advocacy.
• NRC works to prevent disaster and climate displacement, and strengthen resilience among displaced communities. Our climate and disaster work on the ground falls within three pillars:
• Short- and long-term environmental impact assessments.
• Design and use of programmes that reduce negative environmental impact created by displaced populations and humanitarian aid.
• Community guidance on assessing environmental risks, adapting coping strategies and developing sustainable environmental practices.

Website:

www.nrc.no

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/NRC/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/NRC_Norway

Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights (OHCHR)

Affiliation or Individual:

Cecilia Jimenez , Harriet Hirst, Melinda Ching Simon

City, Country:

Palais Wilson building in Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Ensuring human rights of internally displaced persons in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and other relevant human rights norms.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Promoting and advocating for the human rights of internally displaced persons in relation to disaster displacement.

Website:

www.ohchr.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Human-Rights-of-IDPs-586512308225844/

Organisation Internationale pour les Pays les Moins Avancés (OIPMA) – International Organization for Least Developed Countries (IOLDCs)

Affiliation or Individual:

Giulia Borsa

City, Country:

Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas, Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

IOLDCs is a non-profit, non-governmental and independent organization based in Geneva with ECOSOC status. IOLDCs envisages a fairer, peaceful and green future, working for the empowerment and development of LDCs, particularly endangered by conflicts, poverty, diseases, inequality and climate change. Besides its work done on advocacy and workshops, the organization is currently planning field-work projects.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Human Rights, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The new division on climate change and human rights recently started at IOLDCs is extremely committed to mitigate the impacts of the changing climate with a human rights perspective and to engage all stakeholders to follow this pattern. This has been done and will be further developed with our advocacy work writing reports, newsletter, statements delivered at the Human Rights Council and related events.
On the other hand, being well aware of the protection challenges related to disaster displacement, IOLDCs is committed to strengthen and promote concerted efforts to protect displaced communities in line with the objectives of the Nansen Initiative and the PDD.
IOLDCs seeks to empower vulnerable people to intervene in climate-related decision-making and to diminish the impacts of displacement.

Website:

www.ioldcs.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/IOLDCs/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/IOLDCS1

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpaGaUhm8ARvGc8CmdRND4Q

Oxfam South Africa (OZA)

Affiliation or Individual:

Benedetta Gualandi

City, Country:

Johannesburg/ South Africa

Region of Work:

Africa

Objective / Mission Statement:

Oxfam South Africa (OZA) helps to create lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. We mobilise the power of people to claim their rights and participate as full agents in their societies and lives, challenge systems which perpetuate poverty and inequality and participate fully in shaping decisions, policies and processes which affect their lives and hold power to account.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Oxfam South Africa (OZA) is providing technical assistance to the SA National Disaster Management Centre in developing the national guidelines on Disaster Risks Management with a particular attention on raising the discussion on cross-border risks and displacements. OZA is part of the National Protection Working Group, led by UNHCR and Department of Home Affairs, where the focus is on migration legislation; OZA is supporting civil society organization in providing information/assistance to refugees and climate change/economic migrants.

Website:

www.oxfam.org.za

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Affiliation or Individual:

Julia Blocher

City, Country:

Potsdam, Germany

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development.
Researchers from the natural and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and to provide society with sound information for decision making.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

PIK researchers work with partner countries to strengthen resilience against disruptive weather phenomena and climate change at national, regional and local levels, to reduce the gap between climate research and its application in policy, business and societal decisions.
In the interdisciplinary 'EPICC' Project (East Africa, Peru, India Climate Capacities, 2018-2021) PIK is conducting field research in target countries to study how climate change impacts influence human mobility. PIK researchers are assessing agriculture, hydrology, and water resources, as well as their linkages to human mobility patterns, in order to co-produce sound climate models and related tools that are tailored to national needs.

Website:

https://www.pik-potsdam.de/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PIKPotsdam/

Twitter:

@PIK_Climate ; @EpiccPik ; @JuliaBlocher

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/PotsdamInstitute

Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)

Affiliation or Individual:

Lindsey Cook, Cassandra Moll, Catherine Baker

City, Country:

Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

We work steadily to bring Quaker peace and justice concerns to international processes, focusing on the areas of peacebuilding and armed conflict, human rights and refugees, food and sustainability, and climate change. We strive towards international standards and practices that enable and empower peaceful social, political and economic relationships. We are committed to supporting international processes that can build a safer, sustainable and more just world.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Human Rights, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Please see above - “ our work on climate change, human rights and refugees, food security and rights-based approaches to sustaining peace, all link to PDD concerns.

Website:

www.quno.org

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/QuakerUNOffice

Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI)

Affiliation or Individual:

Matthew Scott

City, Country:

Lund, Sweden

Region of Work:

Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

To contribute to a wider understanding of, and respect for, human rights and international humanitarian law.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction

Key activities relevant to PDD:

RWI is involved in two key activities relevant to PDD. The first is a ten-country study of disaster displacement across Asia-Pacific, which examines the role of legal frameworks in protecting people from and during displacement and is based on a locality-specific case study with a cross-cutting gender dimension. The second activity is to provide human rights technical assistance on a large scale, multi-actor research and direct engagement initiative that aims to build resilience through inclusive and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific. This initiative provides a unique opportunity to raise the profile of disaster displacement within regional DRM activities.

Website:

http://rwi.lu.se

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/raoulwallenberginstitutet

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RWallenbergInst

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD7JAa3gnHVzYrkP9pcXmZg

Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU)

Affiliation or Individual:

Dr. Tasneem Arefa Siddiqui

City, Country:

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

(1) Generate new knowledge on migration and displacement, both forced and voluntary, climate or development induced. (2) Establish partnership among policy makers, researchers and practitioners to prevent and prepare for situations of displacement

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

For almost a decade RMMRU has been conducting studies on climate induced internal displacement and rural urban migration. It was invited by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of Bangladesh to prepare the Draft National Strategy on Climate Change and Disaster Induced Internal Displacement. Currently it is leading an advocacy consortium of civil society organizations working on climate change for formal adoption of the Strategy. In 2019 RMMRU and the University of Exeter, UK completed a two-year action research that targeted ensuring participation of climate induced internally displaced new migrants to be a part of planning process of safe and sustainable cities in line with SDG 11. Currently, RMMRU is involved in training city planners of Chattogram on the methodology of involving new migrants in city planning.

Website:

www.rmmru.org

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/rmmru

Twitter:

www.facebook.com/rmmru

Youtube:

www.youtube.com/channel/UC8b5k3dF9DXjMJhXJZVq2Zw

Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)

Affiliation or Individual:

David Cantor

City, Country:

London, UK

Region of Work:

the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Refugee Law Initiative, an academic centre in the UK, leads and promotes research in the refugee law field. The RLI works to integrate the shared interests of scholars and practitioners, stimulate collaboration between academics and non-academics, and achieve policy impact at the national and international level.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Research, networks, events, publications, advice, legal/policy impact

Website:

https://rli.sas.ac.uk/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SASRLI

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RLI_News

Refugees International (RI)

Affiliation or Individual:

Alice Thomas

City, Country:

Washington, DC, USA

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Refugees International advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. We are an independent organization, and do not accept any government or UN funding.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

RI’s Climate Displacement Program conducts research and advocacy to enhance protection and assistance for vulnerable populations uprooted or affected by severe weather and other climate change effects. Informed by fact-finding missions to countries experiencing climate-related disasters, RI publishes reports that include recommendations to governments, donors, UN agencies and others for improving the response. RI also advocates for investments in DRR and building the resilience of communities to climate change. RI is also actively engaged in international efforts to fill gaps in the institutional and legal frameworks to protect those uprooted by climate change that lack protection under the Refugee Convention.

Website:

www.refugeesinternational.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/RefugeesInternational/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RefugeesIntl

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/RefugeesIntl

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School

Affiliation or Individual:

Michael Burger, Michael Gerrard , Ama Francis

City, Country:

New York, NY, USA

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Sabin Center develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides up-to-date resources on key topics in climate change law and regulation.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

We conduct research, write papers, and organize events examining key issues pertaining to the legal protection of persons who are displaced or at risk of displacement as a result of climate change. Examples of our work include a book exploring the legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate for threatened island nations, and a paper outlining some key considerations for a UNFCCC Climate Change Displacement Coordination Facility.

Website:

www.columbiaclimatelaw.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaClimateLaw

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaClimate

Flickr:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UComEaIxYDWew_Y2OS7E_nYA

Sarah Louise Nash

Affiliation or Individual:

Sarah Louise Nash

City, Country:

Vienna, Austria

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Dr. Sarah Louise Nash is a political scientist working on climate change politics. She completed her PhD thesis on international policymaking on climate change and migration. She has also conducted research on human mobility as part of loss and damage discussions within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

In 2017 I completed my PhD in political science with a thesis titled ‘From Cancun to Paris: an era of policymaking on climate change and migration’, which included research on the Nansen Initiative. In 2016/17 I was a Mercator-IPC Fellow, carrying out a project ‘The politics of climate change and human mobility: Taking the UNFCCC Task Force to Task’. This focussed on the constitution of the Task Force on Displacement that was established under the Warsaw International Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Twitter:

@sarah_wien

Secours Catholique-Caritas France

City, Country:

Paris, France

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe

Objective / Mission Statement:

Service of the Catholic Church and member of the Caritas Internationalis network, Secours Catholique-Caritas France takes action in France and in different regions of the world to fight against poverty and in favor of solidarity. The association tackles causes of poverty, inequality and exclusion and challenges public opinion and public authorities for long-term solutions.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Secours Catholique-Caritas France has been supporting for many years projects implemented by its international partners on a diversity of domains, based on the needs identified at the local level. Many activities are related to responses and preparedness towards environmental disasters, disasters risks management, environmental preservation and access to rights for migrant people. At the global level, the association has developed international advocacy activities in the area of environmental migration in order to address the protection gap for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change. The association also calls on countries to scale up the ambition in fighting climate change and its impacts.

Website:

https://www.secours-catholique.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Secours.Catholique.Caritas.france/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/caritasfrance?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/SecoursCathTV

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Affiliation or Individual:

Kosi Latu, Espen Ronneberg

City, Country:

Apia, Samoa

Region of Work:

Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

SPREP’s mandate is ‘to promote co-operation in the Pacific region and provide assistance in order to protect and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations’. Our vision: ‘A resilient Pacific environment sustaining our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our cultures.’ Historically, SPREP was the only agency supporting the region on climate change. SPREP began this formal support in 1994 and continues to be the lead coordinating agency on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, and regional meteorological services. SPREP will work with other stakeholders in climate change and resilience. SPREP will continue its leadership to contribute to coordinated regional approaches to climate change agreed regional mechanisms and fora, maintain its coordination of Pacific island advocacy and negotiations in multilateral fora, and continue to work with all members.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

SPREP will draw upon its rich experience in the Pacific, including through established relationships with governments and key stakeholders, to carry out implementing roles that include:

• coordinating Pacific climate change action;
• coordinating effective advocacy for members to influence global and regional climate initiatives, including UNFCCC processes, and assisting implementation of their international commitments;
• assisting members to access climate finance;
• hosting the Pacific Climate Change Centre;
• hosting the regional office of the World Meteorological Organisation;
• serving as the lead regional agency and hub for meteorological services and climate and weather early warning systems; and
• leveraging additional resources through genuine and durable partnerships.
Specific guidance is given by the SPREP Strategic Plan, regional objective 1.5 “Support Pacific Island members to develop policy responses to issues of loss and damage, and climate change and disaster induced population mobility”.

Website:

www.sprep.org and www.pacificclimatechange.net

South American Network for Environmental Migrations (RESAMA)

Affiliation or Individual:

Erika Pires Ramos , Diogo Andreola Serraglio

City, Country:

São Paulo, Brazil

Region of Work:

the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

The South American Network for Environmental Migrations is a pioneering initiative of articulation of experts, researchers and practitioners to include the environmental migration in the public agenda of the region, contributing to the development and integration of public policies, strategies and legislation on climate change, disasters, migration and human rights, with a view to full protection of displaced people and communities.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

 Mapping of evidence, data collection and experiences related to the impacts of environmental changes on human mobility in the region;
 Generation of knowledge through the production of publications and empirical research;
 Development of strategies, policies and regulations to respond appropriately to the challenges of environmental migration at the global, regional and national levels, with an integrated approach between migration, climate change, disasters and human rights;
 Promotion of dialogue and cooperation with public and private actors, international organizations, academia and civil society organizations;
 Training and capacity building of policy makers, decision-makers and other stakeholders on the issue.

Website:

https://resama.net/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/resama.net/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/resama2015

Stellenbosch University - The Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP)

Affiliation or Individual:

Prof. Oliver Ruppel

City, Country:

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Region of Work:

Africa

Objective / Mission Statement:

DROP is aimed at researching “sustainable development law and policy” focusing on reconciling the tensions between environmental sustainability, economic development, and human welfare with a holistic view of current legal, political, economic, social and cultural developments. It integrates public international law (i.e. international economic, social, and environmental law), regional and national law and policy with the goal of enhancing the rule of law around the world and reducing poverty in developing nations.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

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Website:

http://drop.sun.ac.za/

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) – Asia Centre

Affiliation or Individual:

: Dr Bernadette P. Resurrección

City, Country:

Bangkok, Thailand

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research organization that has worked with environment and development issues from local to global policy levels for a quarter of a century. SEI works to shift policy and practice towards sustainability.
SEI is an international nonprofit research organization that has worked with environment and development issues from local to global policy levels for a quarter of a century. SEI bridges science and policy to find robust responses to the challenges of sustainability.
SEI’s vision is a sustainable future for all. Its mission is “to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing integrative knowledge that bridges science and policy in the field of environment and development”.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

SEI has in-house expertise in gender, migration, environment and development research and capacity development in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Its staff has conducted research on gender and social dimensions of disaster- and climate change-related displacements and mobility in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. SEI staff collaborated on a book, Living with Floods in a Mobile Southeast Asia, published by Earthscan, Taylor & Francis, 2017. SEI-Asia Centre has an International Center of Excellence on Disaster Risk.

Website:

https://www.sei.org/

Twitter:

@SEIresearch; @SEIclimate

The Anglican Communion Office

City, Country:

London, United Kingdom

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Anglican Communion Office supports the institutional life of the Communion and serves it 40 provinces in 165 countries, including through dialogues with other Christian traditions, discussions with other faiths and engagement with United Nations bodies; and building partnerships internationally to work for justice, peace and sustainable development.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Through its long-established presence at the United Nations and in close partnership with the Anglican Alliance, the Anglican Communion Office represents and raises up Anglican voices from around the world on a variety of issues related to disaster displacement including:
- informing key stakeholders how local churches are responding to the changing climate and issues related to displacement and sharing opportunities for partnership;
- advising local churches on incorporating their activity into wider national, regional and global efforts;
-supporting local communities to be better prepared to respond to disasters through training and workshops and facilitate; and
- supporting community-led responses to climate change and related issues.

Website:

www.anglicancommunion.orgwww.anglicanalliance.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheAnglicanCommunion/ ; https://www.facebook.com/anglicanalliance/

Twitter:

@AnglicanWorld ; @AnglicanUN ; @AngliAlliance

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAcoffice/ ; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT86-HTN24fHxpFNQvvS3fQ

The Australian National University

Affiliation or Individual:

Professor Lorraine Elliott

City, Country:

Canberra, Australia

Region of Work:

Oceania, Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Research

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Research on human security, climate change and migration; human security implications of disasters and disaster risk reduction governance, with particular focus on the Asia Pacific.

Website:

https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/elliott-lm