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Disaster Displacement at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP29

Will you be attending the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) scheduled 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan? Are you looking to learn more about how displacement and human mobility relating to disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change are being addressed at COP29? Are you in need of inspiration on key messages to include in your delegation’s interventions? Then, look no further – and do come back, since this article will be continuously updated as new information arrives!

Take a look at the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Key Messages on Disaster Displacement for COP29.  Other resources will also be updated for further reading that States and other stakeholders can use to inform their interventions at the different events and sessions at the conference.

What does COP29 offer on disaster displacement and human mobility?

This 29th UN Climate Change Conference is organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan.

Below you can find a non-exhaustive list of relevant events discussing disaster displacement and human mobility that are scheduled to take place during COP29. The table will be regularly updated as further information becomes available. If you have any events to add to this list or relevant information about the ones already there, please email info@disasterdisplacement.org.

Cover illustration by Erhan Yalvaç)

Date & TimeTitleOrganizer(s)Location
Monday 11 Nov 2024
18:30—20:00
Progress on Multihazards Early warning for adaptation, loss and damage, FGGA pillars of climate action

African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD)
Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO)
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (IGAD-ICPAC)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Tuesday 12 Nov 2024
16:45—18:15
What can Migrants and Displaced Persons bring to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage?International Organization for Migration (IOM),
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD); United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 3
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024
11:30-12:30
How can the UNFCCC and Loss and Damage Mechanism Catalyse Lasting Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change?PDD, the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC)IOM Pavilion
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
8:30 – 9:30
Grassroots, Local and National Actors: Partnership and Coordination on Displacement and Loss and Damage in KenyaGovernment of Kenya, PDD, IOM, Kenya’s
Council of Governors (CoG), Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for
Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
IGAD Pavilion No D9, Blue Zone
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
11:30 - 12:30
Update on the Implementation Plan for the Pacific Regional Framework on Climate MobilityPDD, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) PartnersIOM Pavilion
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
18:30—20:00
Scaling-up Climate Finance for Ambitious Action on Early Warning Systems for Adaptation with a FocusWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO)UNFCCC Side Event Room 3
Thursday 15 Nov 2024
11:30—12:30
Social Dialogue for Fair Outcomes on Human Mobility and a Just TransitionInternational Labour Organization (ILO)Just Transition Pavillion
Friday, 15 Nov 2024
13:00 – 14:00
Human Rights-based Approaches to Planned Relocation in the Context of Disasters and Climate ChangePDD, IOM, UNHCR, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced personsIOM Pavillion
Friday 15 Nov 2024
15:00—16:30
International Loss and Damage Architecture a Year Out: Learning from the Experiences on the GroundVanuatu,
Manila Observatory (MO),
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States (Baha'i International Community)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Friday 15 Nov 2024
15:00—16:30
Unstoppable Global Warming - Increasing Climatic Loss-damage and Human MobilityAn Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED), Egyptian Sustainable Development Forum (ESDF), Engineering Association for Development and Environment (EADE), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)UNFCCC Side Event Room 6
Friday 15 Nov 2024
18:30—20:00
Financing Loss and Damage: Challenges and Way Forward for Grassroots ActionGana Unnayan Kendra (GUK),
Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society (LEDARS),
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Saturday 16 Nov 2024
11:30—13:00
Loss and Damage Fund: Opportunity and Challenges for the People of the Global SouthLDC Watch,
Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024
11:30—13:00
Towards a Locally Efficient Mechanism to Respond to Losses and DamagesUnited Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Habitat for Humanity International
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024
13:15—14:45
Responding to Displacement-Related Loss and Damage through Inclusive Data, Finance and ActionNRC, Arab Office for Youth and Environment - AOYE (AOYE), IMPACT Initiatives, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Munich Re Foundation (MRF), Refugees InternationalUNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Monday 18 Nov 2024
14:30 – 15:30
Adapting to Climate Change: Investing in People and Pathways for a Just TransitionUNNM, ILO, UNFCCC, IOM, OHCHR, PDD, Act Aliance, CIELIOM Pavilion
Monday 18 Nov 2024
14:30—15:30
Adapting to Climate Change: Investing in People and Pathways for a Just TransitionIOM,
Climate Change Workstream: ILO, UNFCCC, IOM
Regular Migration Pathways Workstream: OHCHR, PDD, Act Aliance, CIEL
IOM Pavilion
Monday 19 Nov 2024
10:00—11:00
Labour Migration from Climate-vulnerable Areas: Adaptation? Just Transition? Exploitation?ACT Alliance, PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), and Climate, Migration & Displacement Platform (CMDP)Just Transition Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Tuesday 19 Nov 2024
16:45—18:15
Transforming Urban Mobility: Leveraging NDCs for Sustainable Transport and Climate ActionInternational Union of Railways (UIC),
FIA Foundation (FIA Foundation),
International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
10:00 – 11:00
Climate Adaptation and Displacement Response: Innovative Gender-responsive Financing and Operational Models for Locally-led Actions and in Fragile and Conflict-affected SettingsGlobal Centre for Climate Mobility,
Secours Islamique France (SIF),
Africa CSID and The National Treasury, Kenya
Climate Mobility Pavilion
Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
16:45—18:15
A Dialogue between Indigenous Peoples and Board Members of the Fund for Responding to Loss & DamageInternational Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN)UNFCCC Side Event Room 5
Thursday 21 Nov 2024
15:00—16:30
Climate Change-Induced Displacement and Migration in Bangladesh: Consequences and Policy ResponsesDhaka International University Trust,
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)
UNFCCC Side Event Room 5

Useful Links

COP29 Key Messages from PDD

Download PDF [1087 Kb – EN]

IOM's Key Messages to COP29

Download PDF [541 Kb – EN]

It's Time for Solutions!

Download PDF [128 Kb – EN]

Check out events at the IOM Climate Change and Human Mobility Pavilion

Check out events at the Climate Mobility Pavilion

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