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First Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Platform on Disaster Displacement Takes Place in Geneva
The Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) consists of a Steering Group, Advisory Committee, and Secretariat. However, several states who are not members of the PDD Steering Group have shown interest…
Disaster displacement: how to reduce risk, address impacts and strengthen resilience in the Andean region
The Andean Community (CAN) is comprised of four large countries prone and vulnerable to a variety of natural hazards, including floods, volcanic and seismic activity and droughts. Disaster displacement is…
High-level Ministerial Breakfast Meeting on Migration and Climate Change – A focus on Small Island Developing States
Climate change and its impacts are experienced acutely in all parts of the world, irrevocably reshaping migration patterns. The adverse impacts of climate change have directly and indirectly contributed to…
Workshop: The role of free movement of persons agreements in addressing disaster displacement in Africa
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Disaster Displacement at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment
Geneva, Switzerland 25 June 2019 – The side-event on Addressing Internal Displacement Associated with Disasters and Conflict: Planning for the Long Haul took place in the margins of the United…
Task Force on Displacement – a two-year workplan
Geneva, Switzerland, 1-2 July 2019 – Members of the Task Force on Displacement (TFD), including UNFCCC Executive Committee members from a number of regionally diverse countries, international organizations, a civil…
