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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…
France takes over the Chairmanship of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
Geneva, Switzerland, 1 July 2019 – The Government of Bangladesh held its last Steering Group meeting as Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and passed on the baton…
Bonn Climate Change Conference – Displacement, human mobility and climate change: UNFCCC and beyond
Background: In 2018, it is estimated that 17.2 million people were newly displaced as a result of disasters linked to natural hazards, a majority of which were weather and climate…
ECOSOC HAS 2019 – Addressing internal displacement associated with disasters and conflict: Planning for the long haul
Geneva, Switzerland 25 June 2019 – Disaster displacement will be discussed during the side-event of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Humanitarian Affairs Segment on Addressing internal displacement…
COAL Prize 2019: Climate, Disasters and Displacement
For its tenth edition in 2019 the COAL Prize will, in collaboration with the Platform on Disaster Displacement and DISPLACEMENT: Uncertain Journeys, tackle an essential subject: displacement related to disasters and climate change.…
Regional Consultation towards a Framework for Regional Cooperation on Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and the Adverse Effects of Climate Change in the Caribbean
The Regional Consultation towards a framework for regional cooperation on human mobility in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change in the Caribbean will take place…