In the context of climate change, displacement is a rising global crisis which acutely affects Bangladesh due to its exposure to extreme events and slow onset processes like riverbank erosion (a particular concern in regions like Sirajganj). This report underscores…
Averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage related with displacement requires integrated approaches that cut across traditional domains, responsibilities and policy areas. The coherence of relevant institutional and operational frameworks is a precondition to better coordinating action by actors in…
Bangladesh and Fiji, June 2025 – In the face of intensifying tropical cyclones, recurrent flooding, rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and vanishing coastlines, planned relocation is becoming an unavoidable reality for many vulnerable communities worldwide. Planned relocations are defined as…
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…
On 25 February 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) conducted two virtual launches of the Disaster Displacement…
17 February 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh: The International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) organized a workshop on ‘Stocktaking of Actors and Initiatives Working on Loss & Damage (L&D) and Displacement’ at Hotel Six Seasons in Dhaka. The event brought…
On 3 September 2024, stakeholders engaged in human mobility and climate change policy met to discuss and prepare for upcoming events and processes on Loss and Damage. A report from the consultation presents joint messages and priorities. The consultation was…
Together with the International Organisation for Migration, and in consultation with key partners in the human mobility community, PDD submitted a contribution to the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM). The review was established at…
This brief compiles inputs from practitioners working on human mobility and climate change as a contribution to discussions and processes that aim to ensure engagement of migrants, refugees and other displaced persons in climate-vulnerable situations in processes and decisions around…
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…
