Suva, Fiji, 27 March 2019 - Participants from governments, the European Union (EU), UN agencies and civil society opened a two-day consultation today to address the risk of displacement associated with disasters and climate change in the Pacific island states…
Background The Pacific region is extremely vulnerable to climate change and natural hazards which intersects with all domains of human security contributing to migration flows, displacement and relocation within and outside the sub-region. To support Pacific Island Governments to address…
Background In 2018 leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum endorsed the Boe Declaration, which recognizes climate change as the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security, and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific. The Framework for Resilience Development in…
Annual Thematic Meeting of the Platform on Disaster Displacement Striving together for addressing displacement due to slow and sudden-onset disasters The Chair of the PDD, the Government of Bangladesh, convened the Annual Thematic Meeting of the Platform on Disaster…
Geneva, Switzerland 13-17 May 2019 – Disaster Displacement will be a prominent topic at the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP19), notably addressed in a working session on disaster displacement and DRR and a side event on the human…
Bangladesh has assumed the Chairmanship of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) last year from Germany. As part of Chair’s responsibility, the Government of Bangladesh, the Platform on Disaster Displacement and the International Organization for Migration are organizing the Annual…
Background and Introduction to the Workshop The Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) was established on 1 July 2016 to follow up on the work started by the Nansen Initiative and to implement the recommendations of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda.…
In 2015, the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) was mandated by the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to create a Task Force on Displacement that would develop recommendations on integrated approaches to avert,…
The Platform on Disaster Displacement is collaborating with DISPLACEMENT: Uncertain Journeys to present an exhibition of contemporary art pieces from around the world to highlight disaster displacement during Migration Week in Marrakesh, Morocco. The DISPLACEMENT exhibition taking place during the 11th…
SIDE EVENT ON THE GLOBAL COMPACT FOR MIGRATION “The Role of International Cooperation and Partnerships in Implementing the GCM - Mechanisms and Best Practices from the IGAD Region” 08.00-10.00 Hrs Sunday 9th December 2018 at Palmeraie Golf Palace in Morocco,…