Curated by the University of the Arts London, in collaboration with the Nansen Initiative, DISPLACEMENT is devised as an integrated cultural component of the Nansen Initiative consultative process, foregrounding art practice and research as a methodology to add value to…
Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda The Nansen Initiative Southern Africa Consultation on “Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda,” will take place in…
Nansen Initiative and Chatham House Expert Meeting on the Draft Protection Agenda As part of the consultation process on the draft Protection Agenda, the International Law Programme at Chatham House and the Nansen Initiative will co-host an Expert Meeting bringing…
International 2 °C Goal: “Inadequate” Three independent reports highlight implications of 2 °C versus more ambitious objectives for human rights, the workplace, and migration and displacement. Manila, Philippines/Geneva, Switzerland 01 May 2015 The 20 states forming the Climate Vulnerable Forum…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Preparing for the increasing challenges of climate change on population movements Khulna, Bangladesh, 5 April 2015 During the Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation held in Khulna, Bangladesh on 3-5 April 2015, participants recognised the displacement and migration of…
Sendai, Japan, 16 March 2015 – At the UN Conference on World Disaster Risk Reduction, where delegates discuss the new post-2015 Framework, representatives from governments and international organizations stressed that the needs of displaced women, men and children in the…
Bern, 14.03.2015 - More and more people are threatened by disasters. To reduce the risk, precautionary measures must be taken early on. This message was underlined by Federal Councillor and head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Didier…
Sendai, Japan, 14 March 2015 – Side Event Side Event Public Forum, World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai Displacement and the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: What are the Inter-linkages between DRR and Human Mobility? 14 March 2015, 13:30-15:30, Tohoku…
Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 February 2015 – PRESS RELEASE Preparing for the increasing threat of climate change on population movements (Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 February 2015) During a Civil Society Meeting held in Kathmandu on 2 and 3 February 2015, participants stressed the need…
Kathmandu, Nepal, 2-3 February 2015 – Closing Remarks by H. E. Mr. Kjell Tormod Pettersen, Norwegian Ambassador to Nepal Nansen Initiative Civil Society Meeting: Climate Change, Disasters, and Human Mobility in South Asia Kanchenjunga Hall, ICIMOD HQ, Kathmandu, Nepal February 2-3, 2015…
