Background In 2021, Bangladesh developed a National Strategy on Internal Displacement Management[1] to address disaster and climate induced internal displacement. Following a whole-of-society and rights-based approach, its goal is to adopt both preventive and adaptive measures to avert and minimize…
Over the month of April 2024, PDD supported Governmental stakeholders and GIZ in Fiji with the elaboration of a framework and set of tools to integrate understanding of Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD) in decision-making processes on planned relocation. The…
On March 13 and 14, in Puerto Barrios (Izabal, Guatemala) IOM Guatemala and PDD co-hosted a capacity building workshop for local authorities on 'Preparing for Disaster Displacement'. The two-day workshop brought together 20 representatives of local-level institutions working with Disaster…
IOM Guatemala and PDD just launched a new study on "Human mobility in the context of climate change: identification of information gaps". The study provides an overview of research available on migration and displacement in the context of climate change…
In support of the Government of Fiji, PDD elaborated a table of indicators on cultural assets that can be affected by the impacts of climate change, as well as during planned relocation operations. The table focuses on tangible and intangible…
Since August 2023, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) have convened representatives of community-based organizations from across Kenya to listen to their stories and learn about their experiences…
On November 23 and 24, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) invited representatives of community-based organizations from across Arid and Semi-Arid Areas from Northern Kenya to Lodwar, Turkana,…
On 23 and 24 November 2023, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Council of Governors (CoG), in collaboration with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Geneva office of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) hosted…
On 20 and 21 November 2023, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Council of Governors (CoG), in collaboration with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Geneva office of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) hosted…
On November 20, 2023, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), organized a virtual workshop on Loss & Damage and Human Mobility: Towards…
