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Disaster Displacement

The Platform on Disaster Displacement is a State-led Initiative Working with Partners Towards Better Protection for People at Risk of or Being Displaced in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change.

The context

When disaster strikes, the impact can be devastating. Homes may be destroyed, essential services cut off, and residents forced to evacuate. Many seek temporary shelter or relocate, relying on aid. Displacement can last weeks or longer, disrupting lives and causing significant emotional and financial stress.

Our response

The main objective of the Platform on Disaster Displacement is to follow-up on the work started by the Nansen Initiative consultative process, and to implement the recommendations of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, endorsed by 109 governmental delegations during a Global Consultation in October 2015.

Key definitions

Take a look at key words and definitions we use in our work on disaster displacement.

What we do

We Fill Gaps and Work Across Policy Areas

The PDD concentrates on frameworks that protect displaced people and reduce displacement risks by helping people stay, move out of harm’s way, and find durable solutions. Various policy areas, such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, and human mobility, now consider disaster displacement.

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We Bring Together Partners

Creating strong partnerships among a wide range of stakeholders is key to developing a holistic approach to addressing disaster displacement.

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We Promote Policy Action

The PDD advocates for the recognition of disaster displacement in global policy frameworks and works with national governments and other relevant stakeholders to make sure policy is translated into action.

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We Strengthen Evidence and Data

The PDD continues to support enhanced understanding, evidence, and data on disaster displacement and its impacts is essential to identify specific disaster displacement challenges and address needs.

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We Get the Word out

The PDD aims to build a general understanding of the risk that individuals or communities will face when being forced to leave their homes in the context of disasters and climate change, the protection needs of those displaced, and the policy and normative gaps that need to be addressed.

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Contact

Secretariat

International Environment House 1
Chemin des Anémones 11-13
1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
Switzerland

+41 79 518 5765
info@disasterdisplacement.org

Media Enquiries

Chirine El Labbane
Communication Officer

+41 78 879 0848
chirinee@unops.org

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