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Disaster Displacement at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP28

Will you be attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled 30 November until 12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates? Are you looking to learn more about how displacement and human mobility relating to disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change are being addressed at COP28? Are you in need of 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) and PAMAD Information Note and Key Messages on Disaster Displacement for COP28. Other resources will also be updated for further reading that States and other stakeholders can use to inform their interventions at the different events and sessions at the conference.

What does COP28 offer on disaster displacement and human mobility?

This 28th UN Climate Change Conference is organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Below you can find a non-exhaustive list of relevant events discussing disaster displacement and human mobility that are scheduled to take place during COP28. 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 & TimeTitleOrganizer(s)Location and details
Friday 1 December 2023, 14:00-15:30Human Mobility in the context of the Climate Crisis: how German climate policy can address the protection gapKlima-Allianz Deutschland, Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs (VENRO)German Pavilion
Friday, 1 December 2023 - 16:45-18:15Accelerating innovation in the Early Warnings for All initiative for adaptationWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), World Meteorological Organization (WMO)SE Room 2
Friday, 1 December 2023 - 16:45-18:15Operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund with Equity and EfficacyThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)SE Room 4
Friday, 1 December 2023 - 18:30-20:0010 years of Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and its Executive CommitteeUNFCCCSE Room 2
Saturday 2 December 2023 - 14:00-15:30Action and Support to Avert, Minimize, and Address Displacement Related to the Adverse Effects of Climate Changelatform on Disaster Displacement (PDD); UNOPSUNOPS Pavilion
Sunday 3 December 2023 - 13:30 – 14:30Averting and Addressing Disaster Displacement in the Context of Climate Change: Partnerships and effective practices for action and supportEuropean Union (EU); Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC); Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD)UNOPS Pavilion
Monday 4 December 2023 - 11:30-13:00Displaced People Taking Action on Loss & Damage: Local Solutions on the Climate FrontlinesUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); International Organization for Migration (IOM); PDD; World Food Programme (WFP); United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); Global Youth Refugee Network; YOUNGO Climate and Migration Working GroupSE Room 3
Monday 4 December 2023 - 13:15-14:45Addressing Loss & Damage from Climate Change: Perspectives & Solutions from the Humanitarian SectorWFP, OCHA, UNHCR, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)SE Room 2
Monday 4 December 2023 - 13:15-14:45Frontline Voices: Addressing Climate-Induced Migration in the World’s Most Vulnerable NationsOffice of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), IOMSE Room 3
Monday 4 December 2023 - 15:00-16:30Bridging loss & damage across humanitarian & development: disaster response to resilient recoveryMercy Corps, Convern Worldwide, IFRCSE Room 2
Monday 4 December 2023 - 15:00-16:30Human Rights Implications of Climate Migration & Forced DisplacementUnitarian Universalist Service Committee, Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust, Duke University, Munich Re Foundation, Université de LiègeSE Room 3
Monday 4 December 2023 - 16:45-18:15Consideration of Climate & Disaster-Induced Human Mobility within national strategies & policiesArab Network for Environment and Development, League of Arab States, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)SE Room 3
Monday 4 December 2023 - 18:30-20:00From Climate Induced Migrant to resilient Community in South AsiaCenter for Participatory Research and Development, Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indegenous Knowledge, Friendship, Shariatpur Development SocietySE Room 3
Friday 8 December 2023 - 15:00-16:30Local anticipatory action: optimising community capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate disastersGlobal Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR), Nadam Foundation, SeaTrust Institute, Soka Gakkai Internaitonal Office for UN Affairs, Stakeholder Forum for Sustainable Future (SF)SE Room 1
Friday 8 December 2023 - 16:45-18:15Action for forced climate displacement: A life cycle approach to intervene at source and destinationAn Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED), International Soceity for Ecological Economics, Refugees International, Sustainable Population Austrlia Inc., Unitarian Universalist Association, Université Paris CitéSE Room 8
Saturday 9 December 2023 - 13:15-14:45Minimizing and addressing L&D with locally led adaptation and risk-transfer financing solutionsUnited Nations Capital Development Fund, The Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, UNDRR, UNUSE Room 4
Sunday 10 December 2023 - 11:30-13:00Adaptation with Loss and Damage: Facing Sea-level Rise and Mountain Freshwater Losses Above 1.5°CInternational Cryosphere Climate Inititive, Cliamte Policy Center, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Scientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchSE Room 6
Monday 11 December 2023 - 13:15-14:45Early Warning, Income Diversification & Food System Transformation for Resilience Building in AfricaIGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (IGAD-ICPAC), Chatham House, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Met Office Hadley CenterSE Room 6
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