Each year, more than 300 non-governmental organizations from some 90 countries take part in the annual consultations co-organized by the UN Refugee agency and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA). This event offers those working in the fields of…
The Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) will take place from 3-6 July, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This time, the Regional Platform has the overarching theme of ‘Preventing Disaster Risk: Protecting Sustainable Development’, reflecting on the fact that…
PDD proudly supported the Philippines and UNISDR in organizing the Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Disaster Displacement from 19 to 22 June 2018 in Bohol, Philippines, bringing together more than 60 government officials and experts from the Philippines, the…
Context The Presidency Pro-Témpore of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) held by Panama during 2018 has proposed the theme “Sustainable Development Goals: Toward the Governance of Migration.” This is with the firm purpose of promoting the exchange of best…
Bogis-Bossey, 15 May 2018 – Stakeholders from all over the world are gathered in Switzerland on 14 and 15 May to contribute to the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Task Force on Displacement and…
At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris in 2015, the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) was mandated to establish the Task Force…
In line with the Platform on Disaster Displacement’s (PDD) overall objective to strengthen the protection of people displaced across borders in the context of disasters, PDD continually engages with a variety of stakeholders and initiatives in the field of disaster…
In the field of disaster displacement, the phrase “climate refugee” is typically cloaked by quotation marks and followed by the caveat that no such definition is recognized by international law. Contributing to the 16th International Film Festival and Forum on Human…
Background The forced movement of people in response to the adverse effects of climate change, disasters linked to natural hazards and other environmental factors is a reality, as recognized by the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. The 3rd…
Suva – IOM, the UN Agency for Migration, in collaboration with the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), has organized a regional capacity building workshop for Pacific Islands on "Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change," hosted by…