Opening Plenary - Setting the Scene: Virtual Workshop Series - Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement  and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa

On 27 April 2021, over 140 researchers and practitioners working across Africa and beyond, gathered to mark to beginning of the Virtual Workshop Series on ‘Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa’. 

Over the coming weeks, the Virtual Workshop Series will provide an opportunity for academics and policy experts working across Africa and beyond to engage in discussion, form networks and plan future research on topics related to disaster and climate change-related displacement and migration. 

Key partners include the International Organization for Migration (IOM); Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW; UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD); Refugee Rights Unit, University of Cape Town; Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria; and University of Nairobi, to bring African scholars together to develop a research and policy agenda for addressing displacement and migration in the context of disasters and climate change in Africa.

Funded and supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM); UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Africa-Australia Universities Network (AAUN).

For more information: 

• https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/developing-research-and-policy-agenda-addressing-displacement-and-migration-context-disasters-and
• https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/Virtual_workshop_series-all-sessions
• https://disasterdisplacement.org/virtual-workshop-series