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Launch of the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund Regional Joint-Programme
This virtual event took place on 25 May 2021 and celebrated the launch of a new multi-partner programme entitled: Addressing Drivers and Facilitating Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the Contexts of Disasters and Climate Change in the IGAD Region.
In the African continent, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region is considered one of the most vulnerable to climate variability and change and more than two thirds of the region are arid or semi-arid. The different forms of human mobility to, from, and within the IGAD region reflect the range of complex drivers and structural factors that can compel people to leave their places of origin.
In accordance with the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) objectives, this Joint-Program seeks to minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin, while also facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration in the context of disasters, climate change and environmental degradation in the IGAD Region.
The Joint-Programme builds on ongoing work, programmes and action plans of the partners, and supports existing global policies and frameworks that address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change. The Joint-Programme has a strong multi-partnership and multi-stakeholder approach and will bring together various parts of Governments, UN and other entities, in line with the GCM core principles of whole-of-government and whole-of-society.
The project implementing partners are: IOM, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the IGAD, the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), and IGAD Member states.
ECOSOC Side Event 2021: Human Mobility in the Face of the Climate Crisis - How prevention, protection and solutions can best respond to future trends
The event brought together IOM, IDMC, UNHCR, PDD, WFP, Member States and representatives of displaced communities. Panellists offered perspective and analysis on the impact of climate change, including in its interplay with conflict, on present and future population displacement and migration trends.
Chair and moderator:
- Prof. Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chair, Platform on Disaster Displacement
Speakers:
- Joelle Hangi, Co-Founder and Director of Refugee Artist and Authors
- Andrew Harper, Special Advisor for Climate Action, UNHCR
- Maria Teresa Miranda Espinosa, Information Management Coordinator, IDMC
- Mohammad Qaseem Haidari, Deputy minister for coherence and disaster affairs, Afghanistan Disaster management Agency
- Richard Danziger, Chief of Mission, IOM Somalia
- Kyung-nan Park, Deputy Regional Director for Central America, WFP
More information on the event available here.
Atlas of Environmental Migration
The Atlas of Environmental Migration is the first illustrated publication mapping this complex phenomenon. It clarifies terminology and concepts, draws a typology of migration related to environment and climate change, describes the multiple factors at play, explains the challenges, and highlights the opportunities related to this phenomenon.
Through elaborate maps, diagrams, illustrations, case studies from all over the world based on the most updated international research findings, the Atlas guides the reader from the roots of environmental migration through to governance.
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IOM Director General`s Message on World Environment Day 2021 - Generation Restoration
António Vitorino, IOM Director General, sends his message on World Environment Day 2021.
"We are only as healthy as our ecosystems."
First Session of the IDM 2021 - Panel 5: Promoting regional, national and local action on migration and climate change (FLOOR), 27 May 2021
Panel 5: Promoting and supporting regional, national and local action on migration, environment and climate change
Moderator:
Ms. Michele Klein-Solomon, Regional Director for Central and North America and the Carribean, IOM
Speakers:
- Ms. Martha Delgado Peralta, Deputy Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Mr. Bahodur Ahmadjon Sheralizoda, Head, Committee for Environmental Protection, Tajikistan
- Ms. María Florencia Carignano, National Director of Migration, Argentina
- Ms. Fathia Alwan, Director, Health and Social Development, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- Ms. Katja Schaefer, Inter-Regional Advisor, UN Habitat
Closing Remarks:
Ms. Laura Thompson, Deputy Director-General, IOM
First Session of the IDM 2021 - Panel 4: Developing multi-stakeholder approaches to support the inclusion of migrants (FLOOR), 27 May 2021
Panel 4: Developing multi-stakeholder approaches to leverage opportunities and support the inclusion of migrants and internally displaced people to build a sustainable future
Moderator:
Ms. Dina Ionesco, Head, Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division, IOM
Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Naser Nuredini, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, North Macedonia
Speakers:
- Dr. Amadou Diaw, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, Senegal
- Dr. Balgis Osman-Elasha, Chief Climate Change and Green Growth Specialist, Regional Coordinator, North Africa Development and Business Delivery Centre, African Development Bank
- Ms. Enja Saethren, Senior Business Development Analyst, Scatec, Norway
- Mr. Irfan Ullah Afridi, United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth
- Mr. Belal Altiné Sow, Co-founder, Sow Ranch, Senegal
First Session of the IDM 2021 - Panel 3: Examining the linkage between Migration, Environment and Climate Change and HDPN (FLOOR), 26 May 2021
Panel 3: Examining the linkage between Migration, Environment and Climate Change and the Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus (HDPN)
Moderator:
Ms. Angelica Broman, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus (HDPN),
IOM Speakers:
- Mr. Joost Klarenbeek, Special Envoy for Migration, Netherlands
- Ms. Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, Ambassador/Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
- Gral. Anicet Nibaruta, Head of National Platform for Disaster Risk Management, Burundi
- Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Mr. Juan Francisco Espinosa, Director, National Office for Migration, Colombia
- Mr. Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action, UNHCR
- Mr. Ignacio Packer, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies
First Session of the IDM 2021 - Panel 2: Understanding the linkages between MECC in the context of COVID-19 (FLOOR), 26 May 2021
Panel 2: Understanding the linkages between the migration, environment and climate change (MECC) and migration health in the context of COVID-19, and promoting the inclusion of MECC dimensions in COVID-19 recovery efforts
Moderator:
Ms. Monica Goracci, Director, Department of Migration Management
IOM Speakers:
- Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy Director-General, WHO
- Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, Chair, Lancet Migration, and Climate Change and Migration Lead, Director, Institute for Global Health, University College London
- Mr. Kristof Tamas, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Justice, Division for Migration and Asylum Policy, Sweden
- Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
- Ms. Verena Knaus, Global Lead, Migration and Displacement, UNICEF
First Session of the IDM 2021 - Opening and Panel 1: The Road to COP 26 - Accelerating action to address migration (FLOOR), 25 May 2021
Opening and Keynote Remarks:
- Mr. Antonio Vitorino, Director General, IOM
- Honourable Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired)
- Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Fiji
- Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Kingdom of Morocco
- Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the General Assembly
- Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
- Ms. Runa Kahn, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship
- Panel 1. The Road to COP 26 - Accelerating action to address migration and displacement in the context of climate and environmental change
Panel 1: The Road to COP 26- Accelerating action to address migration and displacement in the context of climate and environmental change
Moderator: Mr. António Vitorino, Director General
IOM Speakers:
- Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP, Honourable Foreign Minister, Bangladesh
- Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt
- Ms. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, United Kingdom International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP 26 Presidency
- Mr. Frank Tressler Zamorano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
- Mr. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Mr. Andreas Papaconstantinou, Director for Neighbourhood and Middle East, Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, European Commission
Exploring the Relationship between Air Pollution and Migration in Europe | IOM-EU Green Week 2021
During the IOM Partner Event, the panelists discussed how the EU, EU Member States and Governments in the Western Balkans, international financial institutions, and other partners could integrate migration considerations in the roll-out of clear air initiatives.
Panelists:
- Dr. Sunita Pitamber, Associate Director for the Access to Services & Gender Mainstreaming, Gender and Economic Inclusion at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Ms. Veronica Manfredi, Director of the Quality of Life Directorate at the European Commission's DG Environment
- Ms. Kaja Shukova, State Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Mr. Ola Henrikson, Regional Director at IOM Regional Office for the EEA, EU and NATO
Moderator: Prof. Francis Pope, Professor of Atmospheric Science, the University of Birmingham
More information on the event available on EU Green Week 2021 and IOM Regional Office Brussels.