Side Event: Prevent, Prepare, and Respond
Apia, Samoa, 1 September 2014 – Prevent, Prepare, and Respond: Displacement in the Context of Disasters and the Effects of Climate Change Side Event at the margins of the Third UN Conference…
Integrating Disaster-Induced Displacement within the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Integrating Disaster-Induced Displacement within the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 1 July 2014, Geneva – Walter Kaelin Disasters associated with natural hazards displace millions of people each year, both within their…
Human mobility and climate change adaptation: UN University and Nansen Initiative present new policy brief
Bonn, 5 June 2014 – Press release Human mobility and climate change adaptation: UN University and Nansen Initiative present new policy brief Human mobility in relation to climate change impacts is a…
Research and Evidence on Climate Change Related Population Mobility
Bonn, Germany, 4 June 2014 – Research and Evidence on Climate Change Related Population Mobility The most recent IPCC report indicates that warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Many of the observed…
Disasters, Climate Change and Displacement: Regional dynamics of human mobility in West Africa
Bonn, Germany, 4 June 2014 – Side Event: Disasters, Climate Change and Displacement: Regional dynamics of human mobility in West Africa Side Event The Governments of Norway and Switzerland, as the Chairmanship…
Extreme weather drives displacement from the Horn of Africa
Bonn/Nairobi/Oslo- 21 May 2014 – PRESS RELEASE: Extreme weather drives displacement from the Horn of Africa UN University and Norwegian Refugee Council: Thousands of people at the Horn of Africa are at…
Side Event at Global Forum on Migration and Development
Stockholm, Sweden, 14 May 2014 – The Nansen Initiative: Cross-Border Displacement in the Context of Disasters Panelists ‘Building consensus on a protection agenda: common themes and main insight of the consultative process…
Nansen Initiative Consultative Committee Workshop
Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland, 14 -15 April 2014 – Nansen Initiative Consultative Committee Workshop The two day workshop brought together around 50 Nansen Initiative Consultative Committee members, invited experts, representatives of the Chairmanship, the…
New York/Geneva IASC Event on Nansen Initiative
New-York and Geneva, 4 April 2014 – A dialogue with Prof. Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative Prof. Walter Kaelin (former Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human…
Need for New Tools to Deal with Disaster Displacement
Need for New Tools to Deal with Disaster Displacement 2 April 2014 – Norwegian Refugee Council Professor Walter Kälin argued for a need to better protect people who are forced to flee…
