Disaster Displacement at COP24 and Migration Week
Will you be in Marrakesh or Katowice during the first two weeks in December? Are you looking for where you can learn more about how displacement relating to disasters or the adverse effects of climate change are being addressed?
Here is a non-exhaustive list of events on disaster displacement related topics that are scheduled to take place during the Migration Week in Marrakesh, and the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) on Climate Change and will be updated sporadically. If you have any events to add to this list or relevant information about the ones already there, please email info@disasterdisplacement.org.
Global Forum on Migration & Development 11th Summit Meeting
Side-events: Marrakesh Morocco 5-7 December 2018
Side events will take place at Palmeraie Golf Palace and will require either a GFMD or conference badge.
Organizer(s) | Title/Theme | Date/Time | Room |
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GFMD Parallel Session 3 | Ensuring safe, dignified and rights-based transit, entry, reception and return | Wednesday, 5 December 15:30-17:30 | Orangeraie |
GFMD Roundtable | Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration | Thursday, 6 December 10:00-12:30 | Palmeraie |
GFMD - PDD will present in this session | The Platform for Partnerships | Friday, 7 December 10:00-12:30 | Toubkal |
Global Forum on Migration & Development Civil Society Days
Marrakesh Morocco 4-7 December 2018
The Civil Society Days will take place at Hotel Palm Plaza.
Organizer(s) | Title/Theme | Date/Time | Room |
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Norwegian Refugee Council. Refugees International, INHURED International | Ensuring that the rights of people on the move in the context of climate change and disasters are prioritized in the implementation of the GCM: What can CSOs do? | Thursday, 06 December 14:00-15:30 | TBC |
Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Side-events: Marrakesh Morocco 8-9 December 2018
Side events will take place at Palmeraie Golf Palace and will require either a GFMD or conference badge.
Organizer(s) | Title/theme | Date/Time | Room |
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International Center for Comparative Environmental Law | Law, Migration, Environment and Security | Saturday, 08 December Full Day | Faculty of Law of the University of Marrakech (not at the Palmeraie) |
IOM - co-organizers TBC | Addressing the humanitarian consequences of large movements – Taking stock and looking ahead two years on from the New York Declaration | Saturday 08 December 10:30-12:30 | Orangeraie |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with its partners: IOM, PDD, the Swiss Government and Government of Germany. | ‘’Role of International Cooperation and Partnerships in Implementing the GCM - Mechanisms and Best Practices from the IGAD Region’’ | Sunday 09 December 8:00-10:00 | Palmeraie |
International Center for Comparative Environmental Law | Law, Migration, Environment and Security | Sunday 09 December 8:00-10:00 | Roseraie |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | Saving lives and ensuring safe access to basic services: Partnerships in the humanitarian aspects of migration | Sunday 09 December 10:30-12:30 | Orangeraie |
Co-organized by OHCHR together with Member States (TBC), UNHCR (TBC) and UNODC (TBC) | “Migrants in vulnerable situations: National practice for admission and stay based on human rights and humanitarian grounds” | Sunday 09 December 13:00-15:00 | Palmeraie |
UAE, IOM, Migrant Forum Asia | Regional Dimensions in the Implementation, Follow-up and Review of the Global Compact for Migration | Sunday 09 December 13:00-15:00 | Atlas 1 |
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) | From theory to practice: innovative uses of evidence for forward-looking migration policies | Sunday 09 December 15:30-17:15 | Palmeraie |
UN Environment, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Platform on Disaster Displacement, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Trust Fund for Human Security and the Norwegian Refugee Council | Addressing natural disasters, adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation – solutions for human mobility and human security | Sunday 09 December 17:30-19:00 | Palmeraie |
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24)
Side-events: Katowice Poland 3-14 December 2018
Organizer(s) | Title / Theme | Date | Time / Room |
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Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), World Water Council | Shocks and Stressors: Water's essential role in addressing climate change, DRR and human mobility | Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018 | 11:30—13:00 Warmia |
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED), Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST Trust) | Displacement, human mobility and climate change - 2 years later | Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018 | 15:00—16:30 Pieniny |
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), NPO Tuvalu Overview (TOV), Refugees International | Climate-Forced Displacement(CFD): Progress to Advance Human Rights and Justice Since Paris Agreement | Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018 | 16:45—18:15 Pieniny |
COAST Bangladesh | Press briefing: CSO Expectations for COP24 | Wednesday, 05 Dec 2018 | 13:00—13:30 COP24] Press Conference Room Katowice Area F – Theater |
UNFCCC: Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage Executive Committee | WIM Task Force on Displacement: Recommendations for Integrated Approaches on How to Avert, Minimize and Address Displacement and Next Steps | Thursday, 06 Dec 2018 | 13:15—14:45 Pieniny |
UNFCCC | Building capacity for integrating human rights into climate action | Friday, 07 Dec 2018 | 13:15—14:45 Pieniny |
Carre Geo & Environnement (CGE), Centre International de droit Comparé de l'Environnement (CIDCE), Marshall Islands, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Taiwan Research Institute (TRI) | Implementation of Article 8 of the Paris Agreement and Decision 49/CP21 | Saturday, 08 Dec 2018 | 11:30—13:00 Narew |
Global Ocean Forum | Adaptation and Population Displacement (as part of Oceans Day) | Saturday, 08 Dec 2018 | 14:30—13:30 Japanese Pavillion |
Sierra Club & UN Women | Women on the Move in a Changing Climate | Saturday, 08 Dec 2018 | 15:00-16:00 UN DESA Event Space |
Development and Climate Days | "Five Years In: What has the Warsaw International Mechanism Achieved and Looking Ahead, Where Can We Go from Here? | Saturday, 08 Dec 2018 | 16:00 - 17:20 PLACE: Hotel Diament Arsenal in Katowice |
United Nations | One UN for Climate-Compatible Cities: Resilient cities driving risk-informed sustainable development | Monday, 10 Dec 2018 | 13:15—14:45 Bug |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Voices from the Climate Frontlines: Protecting the rights of the most vulnerable and furthest behind | Monday, 10 Dec 2018 | 18:30—20:00 Bug |
Stichting Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), ACT Alliance - Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance), Bread for the World (BfdW), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) | Policy response to address Climate Induced Migration in South Asia | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 | 11:30—13:00 Bieszczady |
International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Climate-induced human mobility: taking stock of 3 years of discussions under the UNFCCC | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 | 13:15—14:45 Warmia |
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Stiftung Mercator Foundation | Planetary Boundaries and Global Commons - managing risks and solutions | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 | 15:00—16:30 Pieniny |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Micronesia (Federated States of), Tonga | Living in the face of climate change: From the Pacific islands to the world | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 | 18:30—20:00 Bug |
Women's Earth and Climate Caucus (WECC), Amazon Watch, California College of the Arts (CCA), Ithaca College | Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change | Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 | 11:30—13:00 Bieszczady |
European Commission, DG Climate Action | Get ready for climate change: Today’s European adaptation policies and outlook towards 2050 | Thursday, 13 Dec 2018 | 16:30—18:00 Brussels |
Keep up to date with the latest information about the Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit Meeting, the UN Climate Change Conference and the Intergovernmental Conference that will adopt the GCM
Download the list of disaster displacement related topics at Migration Week in Marrakesh
Download the list of disaster displacement related topics at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice
Download the flyer for the Displacement, Human Mobility and Climate Change: From Recognition to Action
Download the flyer for the side event presenting the Task Force on Displacement recommendations to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse effects of climate change
Download the flyer for the Implementation of Article 8 of the Paris Agreement on Saturday, 8 December 11:30 – 13:00, room: Narew
Download the final draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
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