Environmental Migration Portal

Location: IOM Headquarters, 17, route des Morillons, CH-Geneva 19 (1st floor)
Time: 2:00 to 3:30pm

Briefing on “Evidence for policy on environmental migration:  Results from the global MECLEP project and IOM’s wider work”

The briefing concerns the results of the European Union-funded “Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy” (MECLEP) project, a three-year research programme which aimed to contribute to the global knowledge base on the relationship between migration and environmental and climate change. MECLEP was implemented by IOM in a consortium of six universities.

The project conducted innovative studies and research and policy trainings in six pilot countries (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kenya, Republic of Mauritius, Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam) to assess the extent to which migration, including displacement and planned relocation, can benefit or undermine adaptation to environmental and climate change. The Environmental Migration Portal, offering information on the topic, was established in the framework of the project.

During the briefing, the key results and main findings of the research as well as the policy implications that emerged in the context of the project will be presented and complemented by how the programme feeds into IOM’s broader work on the topic, including in fora such as the Global Compact on Migration and UN climate change negotiations.

Speakers:
William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM 
Jill Helke, Director, International Cooperation and Partnerships Department, IOM 
Susanne Melde, Global MECLEP Project Coordinator, IOM’s Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), Berlin
Dina Ionesco, Head, Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Division, IOM

To RSVP, please contact Sieun Lee ([email protected]).