Internal Displacement in the Context of Climate Change: Advancing a Human Rights-based Approach to Prevention, Response and Solutions.

Side event on the Thematic Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly at its 75th Session.

The report is available here. 

A conversation on the specific patterns of vulnerability of migrant farmworkers in wildfires, COVID19 and other disasters and on measures that can help improve inclusive communication, assistance and engagement to reduce risks.

The webinar was organised and moderated by IOM’s Migrants in Countries in Crisis Unit.

Speakers:

Michael Méndez - Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine 

Lucas Zucker - Policy and Communications Director, Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)