Disaster Displacement at COP24 and Migration Week

Will you be in Marrakesh or Katowice during the first two weeks in December? Are you looking for where you can learn more about how displacement relating to disasters or the adverse effects of climate change are being addressed?

Here is a non-exhaustive list of events on disaster displacement related topics that are scheduled to take place during the Migration Week in Marrakesh, and the 24^th Conference of the Parties (COP24) on Climate Change and will be updated sporadically. If you have any events to add to this list or relevant information about the ones already there, please email info@disasterdisplacement.org. 

 

Global Forum on Migration & Development 11th Summit Meeting

Side-events: Marrakesh Morocco 5-7 December 2018

Side events will take place at Palmeraie Golf Palace and will require either a GFMD or conference badge.

Organizer(s)	Title/Theme	Date/Time	Room
GFMD Parallel Session 3	Ensuring safe, dignified and rights-based transit, entry, reception and return	Wednesday, 5 December 15:30-17:30	Orangeraie
GFMD Roundtable	Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration	Thursday, 6 December 10:00-12:30	Palmeraie
GFMD - PDD will present in this session	The Platform for Partnerships	Friday, 7 December 10:00-12:30	Toubkal

 

Global Forum on Migration & Development Civil Society Days

Marrakesh Morocco 4-7 December 2018

The Civil Society Days will take place at Hotel Palm Plaza.

Organizer(s)	Title/Theme	Date/Time	Room
Norwegian Refugee Council. Refugees International, INHURED International	Ensuring that the rights of people on the move in the context of climate change and disasters are prioritized in the implementation of the GCM: What can CSOs do?	Thursday, 06 December 14:00-15:30	TBC

 

Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Side-events: Marrakesh Morocco 8-9 December 2018

Side events will take place at Palmeraie Golf Palace and will require either a GFMD or conference badge.

Organizer(s)	Title/theme	Date/Time	Room
International Center for Comparative Environmental Law	Law, Migration, Environment and Security	Saturday, 08 December Full Day	Faculty of Law of the University of Marrakech (not at the Palmeraie)
IOM - co-organizers TBC	Addressing the humanitarian consequences of large movements – Taking stock and looking ahead two years on from the New York Declaration	Saturday 08 December 10:30-12:30	Orangeraie
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with its partners: IOM, PDD, the Swiss Government and Government of Germany.	‘’Role of International Cooperation and Partnerships in Implementing the GCM - Mechanisms and Best Practices from the IGAD Region’’	Sunday 09 December 8:00-10:00	Palmeraie
International Center for Comparative Environmental Law	Law, Migration, Environment and Security	Sunday 09 December 8:00-10:00	Roseraie
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)	Saving lives and ensuring safe access to basic services: Partnerships in the humanitarian aspects of migration	Sunday 09 December 10:30-12:30	Orangeraie
Co-organized by OHCHR together with Member States (TBC), UNHCR (TBC) and UNODC (TBC)	“Migrants in vulnerable situations: National practice for admission and stay based on human rights and humanitarian grounds”	Sunday 09 December 13:00-15:00	Palmeraie
UAE, IOM, Migrant Forum Asia	Regional Dimensions in the Implementation, Follow-up and Review of the Global Compact for Migration	Sunday 09 December 13:00-15:00	Atlas 1
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)	From theory to practice: innovative uses of evidence for forward-looking migration policies	Sunday 09 December 15:30-17:15	Palmeraie
UN Environment, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Platform on Disaster Displacement, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Trust Fund for Human Security and the Norwegian Refugee Council	Addressing natural disasters, adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation – solutions for human mobility and human security	Sunday 09 December 17:30-19:00	Palmeraie

 

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24)

Side-events: Katowice Poland 3-14 December 2018

Organizer(s)	Title / Theme	Date	Time / Room
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), World Water Council	Shocks and Stressors: Water's essential role in addressing climate change, DRR and human mobility	Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018	11:30—13:00 Warmia
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED), Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST Trust)	Displacement, human mobility and climate change - 2 years later	Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018	15:00—16:30 Pieniny
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), NPO Tuvalu Overview (TOV), Refugees International	Climate-Forced Displacement(CFD): Progress to Advance Human Rights and Justice Since Paris Agreement	Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018	16:45—18:15 Pieniny
COAST Bangladesh	Press briefing: CSO Expectations for COP24	Wednesday, 05 Dec 2018	13:00—13:30 COP24] Press Conference Room Katowice Area F – Theater
UNFCCC: Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage Executive Committee	WIM Task Force on Displacement: Recommendations for Integrated Approaches on How to Avert, Minimize and Address Displacement and Next Steps	Thursday, 06 Dec 2018	13:15—14:45 Pieniny
UNFCCC	Building capacity for integrating human rights into climate action	Friday, 07 Dec 2018	13:15—14:45 Pieniny
Carre Geo & Environnement (CGE), Centre International de droit Comparé de l'Environnement (CIDCE), Marshall Islands, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Taiwan Research Institute (TRI)	Implementation of Article 8 of the Paris Agreement and Decision 49/CP21	Saturday, 08 Dec 2018	11:30—13:00 Narew
Global Ocean Forum	Adaptation and Population Displacement (as part of Oceans Day)	Saturday, 08 Dec 2018	14:30—13:30 Japanese Pavillion
Sierra Club & UN Women	Women on the Move in a Changing Climate	Saturday, 08 Dec 2018	15:00-16:00 UN DESA Event Space
Development and Climate Days	"Five Years In: What has the Warsaw International Mechanism Achieved and Looking Ahead, Where Can We Go from Here?	Saturday, 08 Dec 2018	16:00 - 17:20 PLACE: Hotel Diament Arsenal in Katowice
United Nations	One UN for Climate-Compatible Cities: Resilient cities driving risk-informed sustainable development	Monday, 10 Dec 2018	13:15—14:45 Bug
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Voices from the Climate Frontlines: Protecting the rights of the most vulnerable and furthest behind	Monday, 10 Dec 2018	18:30—20:00 Bug
Stichting Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), ACT Alliance - Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance), Bread for the World (BfdW), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)	Policy response to address Climate Induced Migration in South Asia	Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018	11:30—13:00 Bieszczady
International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Climate-induced human mobility: taking stock of 3 years of discussions under the UNFCCC	Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018	13:15—14:45 Warmia
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Stiftung Mercator Foundation	Planetary Boundaries and Global Commons - managing risks and solutions	Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018	15:00—16:30 Pieniny
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Micronesia (Federated States of), Tonga	Living in the face of climate change: From the Pacific islands to the world	Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018	18:30—20:00 Bug
Women's Earth and Climate Caucus (WECC), Amazon Watch, California College of the Arts (CCA), Ithaca College	Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change	Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018	11:30—13:00 Bieszczady
European Commission, DG Climate Action	Get ready for climate change: Today’s European adaptation policies and outlook towards 2050	Thursday, 13 Dec 2018	16:30—18:00 Brussels

Keep up to date with the latest information about the Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit Meeting, the UN Climate Change Conference and the Intergovernmental Conference that will adopt the GCM

 

Download the list of disaster displacement related topics at Migration Week in Marrakesh

 

Download the list of disaster displacement related topics at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice

 

Download the flyer for the Displacement, Human Mobility and Climate Change: From Recognition to Action

 

Download the flyer for the side event presenting the Task Force on Displacement recommendations to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse effects of climate change

Download the flyer for the Implementation of Article 8 of the Paris Agreement on Saturday, 8 December 11:30 – 13:00, room: Narew

 

Download the final draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

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