The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) convenes a Policy Dialogue on Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change: Towards a Common Narrative and Action Pathway to understand the different perspectives among the government, civil society, private sector and the international community, and to try to develop a comprehensive and holistic way forward on how to address the issue in national policy-making as well as in relevant international contexts.

The proposed policy dialogue brings together and engages key stakeholders – governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, and communities – under a common platform to:

• Take stock of existing commitments and frameworks related to climate change and human mobility (such as those under the GCM, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the UNFCCC – in particular the Task Force on Displacement under the WIM and the Paris Agreement in general);
• Identify the barriers, and potential entry points for Bangladesh to contribute to advancing global discussions on the migration, environment and climate change nexus, in particular in the lead-up to the UNFCCC COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt;
• Support South-South and triangular cooperation on the migration, environment and climate change nexus, including by identifying innovative practices and solutions relating to ‘climate migrants’ people on the move in the context of climate change;
• Mobilize broad-based national support and engagement on migration, environment and climate change through the development of a common narrative and key messages as a contribution to the overall national policy development and action.

The dialogue is live streamed on Facebook pages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IOM Bangladesh from 3:00 p.m. on July 25, 2022.

Read more on IOM Bangladesh webpage.