Eastern Caribbean, 8-29 June 2021 - More than thirty immigration and border officials from the Caribbean region took part in a regional virtual training on cross-border displacement in the context of disasters organized by Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Commission…
Between April and June 2021, more than 170 researchers, policy experts and practitioners working across Africa and beyond have come together to discuss law and policy responses to displacement and migration in the context of disasters and climate change. Through…
Nairobi, 25 May 2021 – United Nations agencies and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat launched on 25 May the first Joint Programme in the East and Horn of Africa, “Addressing drivers and facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration in…
Joint Meeting of the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement and the Group of Friends of the Platform on Disaster Displacement Displacement in Times of Disasters and Climate Change: Consultation on Coordination for Solutions…
Launch of the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund Regional Joint-Programme Addressing Drivers and Facilitating Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the Contexts of Disasters and Climate Change in the IGAD Region Online, at 1pm EAT/12pm EST Please join the event by…
Risk Management and Human Mobility: Action and Support to Avert, Minimize and Address Displacement Related to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2021, hosted by the Government of the Dominican Republic 11 May,…
On 27 April 2021, over 140 researchers and practitioners working across Africa, gathered online during the opening plenary of the Virtual Workshop Series on ‘Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters…
Are you wondering how to address displacement in your disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and practices? Would you like to learn more about how to reduce displacement risk, address displacement impacts and strengthen resilience? The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the…
As hazards, disasters and climate change profoundly affect people’s lives and livelihoods, attention is turning toward opportunities to move people permanently out of harm’s way. Most commonly termed ‘Planned relocation’ this phenomenon is gaining traction as a tool for disaster…
Virtual Workshop Series Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa April-June 2021 Natural hazards, disasters and climate change are among the leading drivers of human mobility…