Climate change, conflict and displacement: Understanding the nexus
UNHCR ExCom side event, Geneva, 3 October 2018 Geneva (Switzerland) 17 October 2018 – In the margins of the 69th annual meeting of the Executive Committee of UNHCR, the Refugee…
People on the move in the context of disasters and climate change – addressing their needs at the climate change negotiations and within the Global Compact for Migration
LIVE VIDEO WEBINAR People on the move in the context of disasters and climate change – addressing their needs at the climate change negotiations and within the Global Compact for…
Good evidence, bad politics: Overcoming the noise in climate change and migration policy
Event Details Event Start Date: 23/08/2018 Event End Date: 23/08/2018 Time: 6.00 – 7.30pm Venue: Allens Deutsche Bank Place 126 Phillip St, Sydney NSW 2000 Event Introduction Evidence matters. Yet even …
Exploring new mediums to discuss disaster displacement
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…
2018 AMCDRR Side Event: Addressing Human Mobility and Displacement in National DRR Strategies
The Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) took place from 3-6 July, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This time, the Regional Platform had the overarching theme of ‘Preventing Disaster…
Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Disaster Displacement
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…
Workshop on the prevention and assistance to migrants and people displaced across borders in the context of disasters
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…
Experts Meet to Scale up Efforts to Tackle the Challenge of Climate Change Displacement
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…
Task Force on Displacement Stakeholder Meeting “Recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change”
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…
The Platform on Disaster Displacement’s recent engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction
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…
