Consultation: Practices on Displacement and L&D, Nairobi

On August 29 and 30, the PDD Secretariat, in collaboration with the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) convened a consultation of civil society representatives working on Displacement and Loss & Damage in Nairobi. The event was attended by 27 representatives of the Kenyan civil society, who work all over the country on climate change adaptation and resilience, livelihoods, advocacy, and disaster preparedness and response.

The event represented the opportunty to identify interesting practices that are being implemented in areas affected by climate impacts and displacement, and allowed participants working on similar topics on exchange on areas of common interest, including cross-border displacement, urban displacement, and food and water security.

The consultation is part of a process, supported by PAMAD, to identify and disseminate community-level work on displacement and loss & damage, which includes multiple community consultations, and peer-learning activities on identified practices.