Latin American and Caribbean countries are at the forefront of global efforts to integrate human mobility in climate action strategies, from national adaptation plans to loss and damage considerations. Yet, different obstacles remain for enhanced action to avert, minimize and address displacement and leverage the positive contributions of migration. 

This side event will feature a high level discussion on opportunities to account for and address human mobility in contexts of climate change from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective, exploring recent approaches and initiatives and identifying concrete opportunities moving forward, including human rights approaches at the regional level. 

The conversation will notably focus on the importance of implementing the human mobility commitments in loss and damage negotiations from human rights perspectives, including the work of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage and the Santiago Network. It will highlight the needs experienced by Latin American and Caribbean countries and experiences implemented in the region.