COP22 side event: confronting climate-induced migration in climate and disaster policy
Chair
Emily Wilkinson - Acting Head of the Risk and Resilience Programme, ODI
Speakers
Verona Collantes - Intergovernmental Specialist, UN Women
Justin Ginnetti - Head of Department, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Kit Vaughan - Director of Poverty, Environment & Climate Change Network, CARE International
Pepetua Latasi - Co-chair, Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage
Description
This event highlights progress made and gaps in addressing climate-induced migration and displacement in the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans, and in other related disaster risk reduction and development frameworks. The panel aim to identify concrete policy actions needed: from an international agreement on climate-induced migration, to regional integration policies, and greater alignment across national adaptation and risk management plans.
This event is in the EU Pavilion which is located in the Blue Zone, where an official UNFCCC pass is required to attend.