Moderator: Ms. Rania Sharshr, Director of Climate Action Division of IOM

Panelists:  

• H.E. Ambassador Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Director-General, the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) 

• H.E. Leonardo Santos Simao, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS)

• Mr. Pedro Chilembe, Co-lead, the Global Finance and Investments Research Area, The Alliance of Diversity International and CIAT’s Climate Action Lever 

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) join forces and organize a side event to deliberate on the importance of inclusive and gender-sensitive displacement responses from a climate-security lens.  

The event is in alignment with the Pillar 3 of the Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace initiative “advancing durable solutions for the climate-displacement nexus”, which was launched at the 27th Conference of Parties of UNFCCC (COP 27) in Egypt. The event will contribute to Action 6 “Address the interlinkages between climate, peace and security” of the UN Secretary General’s new Agenda for Peace. In addition, the event will contribute to the implementation of the Aswan Conclusions that underlines the “Adoption of a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to address the interlinkages between conflict, fragility and mobility.”