Areas of Work

The objective of this pillar is to improve conceptual and empirical knowledge of displacement in the context of climate change as loss and damage.

Averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage related to climate change impacts is a core component of international climate change negotiations. However, the relevance of displacement for the loss and damage conversation is still relatively unexplored. To what extent is displacement a form of loss and damage? Should it be understood and researched as a driver of further impacts for communities? How can national and local assessment and approaches on loss and damage include displacement considerations and efforts?

Building on the work of the Task Force on Displacement and in coordination with the other expert groups under the Warsaw International Mechanism, PAMAD will contribute to enhancing the conceptual understanding of displacement in the context of climate change as loss and damage, as well as generate empirical knowledge through research and analysis.

The objective of this pillar is to provide selected pilot countries with access to disaster displacement risk assessments which can support evidence-based and risk-informed policymaking and planning.

The activities under this component should enhance data and knowledge on disaster displacement and related risks in the context of climate change, and contribute to preparedness, response and solutions in the context of existing and emerging disaster risks. Relevant work includes the development of disaster displacement risk models and related technical support to guide decision-making and policy planning, and the mainstreaming of disaster displacement dimensions into existing data collection and analysis efforts.

Overall, this component of the project will address the data needs expressed by Parties in response to the Santiago Network survey on country needs for technical assistance to avert, minimize and address loss or damage associated with climate change impacts.

The objective of this pillar is to enhance national and local preparedness to address displacement and other forms of human mobility in the context of climate change-related disasters.

The project will support the incorporation and mainstreaming of displacement and other forms of human mobility into existing emergency preparedness policies and plans at national and local levels. Support will be provided to formulate specific emergency policies, tools or operational protocols and to build capacity to avert, minimize and address displacement related to climate change. Efforts will be adapted to local contextual features, consistently with existing risk and capacity assessments or based on the inputs of relevant ministries and technical experts.

The objective of this pillar is to integrate climate change-related human mobility challenges into pilot countries’ national development planning processes.

Activities under this component will support the integration of human mobility issues into national development, land-use, climate change and disaster risk management policies and plans. Specific support will be provided to updating climate change-specific tools such as National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and/or Joint National Adaptation Plans (JNAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Conversely, PDD will also attempt to support the integration of climate change issues into national migration and displacement policies and plans.

Focal points from national development planning ministries and agencies will be brought together with those handling human mobility, climate change, and disaster risk reduction to ensure that national development policy tools and cycles incorporate climate change-related displacement and human mobility challenges.

The objective of this pillar is to provide pilot countries with technical guidance on access to funding and innovative financing mechanisms to address climate change-related human mobility challenges.

Guidance will be developed for countries to access finance to avert, minimize, and address displacement in the context of the adverse effects of climate change, including when it amounts to loss and damage. This will include financing mechanisms under the UNFCCC, such as the newly established Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) or the Green Climate Fund (GCF), as well as through funding sources outside the UNFCCC, such as other multilateral vertical funds, anticipatory finance instruments, and climate risk insurance. The capacity to access these funds will be improved by bringing together the relevant national institutions and ministries to increase institutional knowledge of the guidance.