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

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

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

The Intercivil Society

Affiliation or Individual:

Geza Tessenyi

City, Country:

London, UK

Region of Work:

Europe, Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Implementation through practical projects of the Human Family Principles as spelled out on intercivil.net/principles

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Developing solutions and establish civic-public-private partnerships at national, regional and international levels for the application of these solutions through contribution to adjusting existing legal instruments and facilitating public political acceptance in host countries of involuntary, forced migrants, including those fleeing conflict and natural disasters.

Website:

http://intercivil.net/

The International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

City, Country:

Rome, Italy

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

IDLO is the only intergovernmental organization exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law. We enable countries to design, reform and strengthen those laws and institutions most apt to deliver justice, dignity and economic opportunity. Governments, multilateral organizations, private foundations and the private sector support our work. We are headquartered in Rome and we are represented at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, where we help shape the debate about human rights and development.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Human Rights, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

RULE OF LAW IN HUMANITARIAN SITUATIONS
CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN KENYA - IDLO has assisted the Kenyan Government in drafting a comprehensive National Climate Change Action Plan 2013-2017)
CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA - IDLO has been working to strengthen and assist the
development of laws and policies to improve access to climate finance for the rural poor -
especially women and indigenous communities - in several Mexican states, as well as in
Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala

Website:

www.idlo.int/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/IDLOnews

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/IDLO

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/idlo/

Youtube:

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

The Refugee Consortium of Kenya

Affiliation or Individual:

Eunice Ndonga-Githinji, Millicent Oloo

City, Country:

Nairobi, Kenya

Region of Work:

Africa

Objective / Mission Statement:

To protect and promote the rights and dignity of refugees and other forced migrants by providing legal aid, advocacy and awareness creation programmes.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The Refugee Consortium of Kenya provides legal, advocacy and information assistance to refugees and other forced migrants in Kenya. The organization focuses on provision of legal aid and presentation in detention centers in Kenya. It also advocates for the enactment and implementation of relevant laws and policies that ensure forced migrants' rights are respected. Finally it provides information to forced migrants and duty bearers with the aim of improving treatment of forced migrants through sensitization.

Website:

www.rckkenya.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/139098542788992/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RCKKenya

The Sphere Project

City, Country:

Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Sphere is a voluntary initiative that brings a wide range of humanitarian agencies together around a common aim - to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance and the accountability of humanitarian actors to their constituents, donors and affected populations.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The Sphere Handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, is one of the most widely known and internationally recognized sets of common principles and universal minimum standards in life-saving areas of humanitarian response.
The Sphere Handbook puts the right of disaster-affected populations to life with dignity, and to protection and assistance at the centre of humanitarian action. It promotes the active participation of affected populations as well as of local and national authorities, and is used to negotiate humanitarian space and resources with authorities in disaster-preparedness work.

Website:

http://www.sphereproject.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SphereNGO/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/SpherePro

Youtube:

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

UN Women

Affiliation or Individual:

Paula Talvikki Tarvainen, Andrea Milan, Ann Blomberg

City, Country:

New York, USA

Region of Work:

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

Objective / Mission Statement:

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

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:

UN Women works to address the gender inequality of risk with the dual focus of addressing the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls in disasters and by leveraging women's leadership in promoting community resilience to natural hazards. Furthermore, UN Women works to build women's resilience through its flagship programme on Women's Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection in crisis and displacement settings. UN Women has a normative, operational and coordination mandate. As per its coordination mandate, UN Women promotes greater accountability in ensuring gender commitments in DRR and humanitarian processes.

Website:

www.unwomen.org/en

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/unwomen

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/un_women

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwomen

Youtube:

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

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Affiliation or Individual:

Maria Luisa Silva, Glaucia Boyer

City, Country:

New York, USA

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

UNDP works in nearly 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP supports countries' efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP focuses on helping countries build and share solutions in three main areas:

• Sustainable development
• Democratic governance and peacebuilding
• Climate and disaster resilience

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

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

Key activities relevant to PDD:

UNDP works around the world with countries and communities affected by environmental degradation, natural disasters and the effects of climate change. It assists them to become more resilient by strengthening capacities to cope, rebuild, recover and also protect development gains. Although UNDP’s approach builds resilience and helps prevent displacement, its programmes have not been designed to date to address migration and displacement specifically. The broad areas covered under these programmes are: i) disaster risk reduction; ii) climate change mitigation and adaptation; iii) resilient recovery; iv) sustainable natural resource management. UNDP is also an accredited multilateral implementing agency of various vertical funds: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Multilateral Fund (MLF) and the Adaptation Fund (AF). So far, UNDP’s support to migration and relocation as adaptation strategies has been incidental.

Website:

www.europe.undp.org www.undp.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/UNDP

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/UNDPGeneva, https://twitter.com/UNDP

Youtube:

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

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Affiliation or Individual:

Iosefa Maiava, Timothy Westbury

City, Country:

Bangkok, Thailand

Region of Work:

Asia, Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

The secretariat, through the Subregional Office for the Pacific, is committed to strengthening subregional cooperation and integration in line with its programme of work and its support for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SAMOA Pathway in member States. Of particular importance is ensuring meaningful implementation of the global, regional and subregional development frameworks to support a transformative advancement of sustainable development in the Pacific.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

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

Key activities relevant to PDD:

There are clear synergies with the work ESCAP have undertaken under the EU-funded project, Pacific Climate Change Migration Project http://www.unescap.org/subregional-office/pacific/pacific-climate-change-and-migration-project and the planned work with IOM/ILO/OHCHR/Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and PDD for the project, Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region that will be funded by the UN Trust Fund for Human Security. The Subregion Office for the Pacific is focusing on developing strategic partnerships in this increasingly high-profile area of work in the Pacific and elsewhere.
The Government of Fiji have requested a secondment from PDD to provide assistance in this area. Given ESCAP’s role in this area of work and clear common interest, an MOU has been signed between ESCAP and the Norwegian Refugee Council (who manage PDD secondments) to host the seconded person in ESCAP’s Subregional Office for the Pacific.

Website:

www.unescap.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/UNESCAP

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/UNESCAP

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Affiliation or Individual:

Marika Palosaari, Henrik Slotte

City, Country:

Nairobi, Kenya

Region of Work:

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

Objective / Mission Statement:

To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

UN Environment has worked on the environmental causes and implications of forced displacement for many years. The ultimate aim of UN Environment’s work is to support good environmental management around the world at all scales to build resilience in vulnerable areas, to reduce environmental threats to health and ecosystems and to enable sustainable development for current and future generations. UN Environment supports countries for example with ecosystems based disaster risk reduction. Through partnerships with other agencies UN Environment will contribute to the work of PDD by assessing and addressing links between climate change and displacement.

Website:

http://web.unep.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/UNEP/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/UNEP

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/unep/

Youtube:

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

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Affiliation or Individual:

Koko Warner, Miwa Kato, Carolina Mantsch

City, Country:

Bonn, Germany

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

As part of the Cancun Adaptation Framework (2010), the UNFCCC climate negotiations began considering approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. COP19 (November 2013) established the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts, as the main vehicle under the Convention to promote the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage in a comprehensive, integrated and coherent manner (See decision 2/CP.19). The Executive Committee is tasked with guiding the implementation of the functions of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Supervise the loss and damage workstream at the UN Climate Secretariat, support implementation of the work of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (workstream on human mobility in workplan), WIM Task Force on Displacement.

Website:

http://unfccc.int/adaptation/workstreams/loss_and_damage/items/6056.php

Twitter:

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

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)

City, Country:

Multiple countries

Region of Work:

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

Objective / Mission Statement:

OCHA's mission is to:

- Mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies.
- Advocate the rights of people in need.
- Promote preparedness and prevention.
- Facilitate sustainable solutions.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection

Key activities relevant to PDD:

- Coordination
To coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
- Policy
o OCHA sets an evidence-based and forward-looking humanitarian policy agenda to identify emerging trends and develop common or harmonized policy and advocacy positions among relief organizations.
o OCHA provides policy guidance and clarity on pressing issues to humanitarian practitioners and policy-makers, to help strengthen effective and timely response
o OCHA identifies best practices and lessons learned through the evaluation of humanitarian action to enhance effectiveness and the accountability of those involved
- Advocacy
Communicating the right messages to the right people at the right time, including humanitarian agencies, NGOs, community-based organizations, national governments, local and international media, parties to conflict, companies, donors, regional bodies, communities affected by emergencies and the general public.
- Information management
OCHA offices collect and analyse information to provide an overview of protracted and acute emergencies.
- Humanitarian funding
OCHA coordinates global humanitarian funding appeals and manages global and country-specific humanitarian response funds on behalf of donors and the broader humanitarian system.

Website:

www.unocha.org

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/UNOCHA/

Twitter:

twitter.com/UNOCHA

Flickr:

www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/

Youtube:

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

United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Affiliation or Individual:

Volker Türk, Ellen Hansen, Marine Franck

City, Country:

Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

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

Objective / Mission Statement:

UNHCR is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. We work to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Human Rights

Key activities relevant to PDD:

UNHCR is a directly supports the PDD coordination unit, is a member of the Advisory Committee, and an observer to Steering Group.
UNHCR further:
1. Undertakes field operations to prevent and to address internal and cross-border disaster displacement.
2. Develops and supports new national legislation, as well as international and regional norms, and guidance, to better protect the rights of people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change.
3. Works to promote policy coherence to ensure that issues of disaster displacement are effectively mainstreamed across other relevant policy arenas.
4. Contributes to fill gaps that underpin this operational and policy work through research.

Website:

http://www.unhcr.org/climate-change-and-disasters.html

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/UNHCR/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Refugees

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/

Youtube:

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

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

City, Country:

BONN, GERMANY

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

The United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) generates knowledge to reduce risks related to environmental hazards and global change, through cutting-edge research and education.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Human Rights, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

• 2007-2009: Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios (EACH-FOR) Project
• 2009-2010: Transatlantic Study Project on Climate Change and Migration (German Marshall Fund)
• 2011: ‘Human Mobility in the Horn of Africa’ Project (UNHCR)
• 2011-2012: ‘Where the rain falls’ Project (Mac Arthur Foundation, AXA Group)
• 2013: Nansen Initiative Regional Consultations (Pacific)
• 2014-2016: ‘Migration, Environment and Climate Change: The Case for Policy’ (IOM)
• 2014-2016: ‘Pacific Climate Change and Migration’ (UNESCAP, ILO, UNDP)
• 2015: ‘Promoting Human Security and minimizing Conflict Associated with Forced Migration in the Pacific Region’ (PIFS, UNU-GCM)
• 2016-2018: ‘Migration and Human Rights in the wake of Climate Change’ (AXA Research Fund)
• UNU wide activities
o UNFCCC COPs yearly participation since 2007
o Climate Change, Environment and Migration (CCEMA) Alliance (since 2008) (IOM, MRF, UNEP)
o 2017: Chair of the Global Migration Group (UNU Rector)
o UNU Migration Network (https://migration.unu.edu/)

Website:

https://ehs.unu.edu/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/unuehs/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/UNUEHS

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NMXCzVpZ9dCN6JcQLUVQg

University for Peace Africa Programme and Institute for Environmental Security

Affiliation or Individual:

Marcel Leroy

City, Country:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Region of Work:

Africa

Objective / Mission Statement:

- The mission of the University for Peace Africa Programme is to stimulate cooperation and to help lessen obstacles and threats to peace and development. Its scope is the entire continent of Africa, complementing and amplifying the work of the main UPEACE campus in Costa Rica.
- The Institute for Environmental Security aims at advancing security by supporting the regenerative capacity of ecosystems. Its research is multidisciplinary and is designed to support policy makers with safeguarding conditions for peace and sustainable development as well as to tackle environmental security risks as they arise.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

- The UPEACE Africa Programme is active in education and offers a joint MA programme in peace and conflict studies with Addis Ababa University, and also coordinates PhD studies in peace and security with a consortium of a dozen African universities. In house research has centred on the role of environment and natural resources in African conflicts as well as on the impact of climate change, particularly as it affects pastoralists.
- The Institute for Environmental Security (IES) carries out the following ongoing projects in accordance with its objectives:
-IES is a member of the consortium which organises the annual Planetary Security Conference on behalf of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
-implementation of the European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE) regarding illegal dumping of toxic waste
-organising Roundtables on Climate and Security with diplomatic missions and international bodies in The Hague and Brussels
-IES initiated and manages the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC) with participation from developed and less developed countries
-IES implements the COBRA Project on the Guyana Shield (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana) using remote sensing to assess environmental changes and facilitate community owned solutions for managing ecosystem services
-IES carries out assessments on Environmental Security for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.
-in collaboration with the Ethiopian Civil Service University, IES is setting up a Master’s Programme in Migration and Development, as well as in-house research in this field.

Website:

www.africa-upeace.org www.envirosecurity.org

University of Florida (Department of Anthropology)

Affiliation or Individual:

Anthony Oliver Smith

City, Country:

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Region of Work:

Objective / Mission Statement:

As researcher and consultant, I have worked on issues of displacement related to disasters and environmental change for over 40 years. Main areas of research include post-disaster resettlement and housing, resettlement for DRR, resistance to resettlement, social and cultural losses in displacement, reconstruction, CCA and DRR.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

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

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Research and consultation (Displacement Solutions) with Kuna Indians of Panama; Research on climate change and migration in Peru (Oxfam America and UNU-EHS); Research on disaster, displacement and resettlement in Peru; Consultation on post-disaster housing education in Jamaica (Basic Health Management and USAID); co-author, UNU-EHS policy briefs (#7 on loss and damage, social vulnerability and resilience; and #9 on non-economic loss and damage) for COP talks; Member, American Anthropological Association Task Force on Global Climate Change; Author of over 40 (of a total of 107) publications related to various types displacement and resettlement, including disasters, climate change, and development projects.

Website:

anthonyoliver-smith.net