Disaster Displacement at the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Will you be attending the 2025 Global Platform (GP25) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) scheduled from 4-6 June 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland? Are you looking to learn more about how displacement relating to disasters and the adverse effects of climate change is being addressed at the conference? Are you in need for 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!
In the right margin of this article, we will soon include the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Key Messages on Disaster Displacement and DRR as well as other resources for further reading that States and other stakeholders can use to inform their interventions at the different events and sessions at GP25.
What does GP25 offer on disaster displacement?
This Eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and hosted by the Government of Switzerland.
Below you can find a non-exhaustive list of relevant events discussing disaster displacement that are scheduled to take place during GP25. 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.
| Date & time | Title / Theme | Organizer(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 June 2025, 13:30 – 14:30 | Data and Financing for Disaster Displacement as Loss and Damage | Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), ActionAid International, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction | |
| 04 June 2025, 12:15-13:45 | Displacement in Disasters - Participation and Innovation for Resilience | Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), International Organization for Migration (IOM), CARITAS Internationalis, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Pacific WIN (the Pacific Women's Indigenous Network), Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) | |
| 05 Jun 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 (UTC +2 Geneva) | Thematic Session: Catalysing governance solutions for disaster and climate-related displacement | Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Youth Network for Climate (REJECA), National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, Pacific Community (SPC), Women's Environment and Development Organization | Plenary B, CICG |
Additional relevant special session(s):
| Date & time | Title / Theme | Organizer(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2025, 13:20 to 13:35 | Ignite Stage: Karla Lienhart From Crisis to Resilience: Integrating Displacement into Local DRR Planning | ||
| 5 June 2025, 15:40-15:55 | Ignite Stage: Standard Operating Procedures for Cross-border Disaster Displacement in the IGAD |
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