Introduction
Samuel Huckstep, Research Associate, Center for Global Development
Moderator
Jocelyn Perry, Senior Advocate and Program Manager, Climate Displacement Program, Refugees International
Speakers
Evan Easton-Calabria, Senior Researcher, Tufts University
Jason Gagnon, Senior Economist/Head of Migration and Skills Unit, OECD Development Centre
Jamon van den Hoek, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
Qiyamud Din Ikram, Alumni Fellow, Refugees International
Lillian Kilwake, Gender and PSEA Programme Specialist, UNICEF
Jakob Øster, Executive Director, Last Mile Climate
Atle Solberg, Head of Secretariat, Platform on Disaster Displacement
Michelle Yonetani, Senior Policy Officer, Office of the Special Advisor to the High Commissioner on Climate Action, UN Refugee Agency
This seminar is co-hosted with Refugees International
Refugees are often disproportionately exposed to climate shocks. They also often endure reduced rights, and may have fewer resources with which to adapt. Despite this, little research has been conducted into the effects of the climate emergency on refugees, limitations to their adaptive capacity, and ways of best supporting them in the context of increasing climate-related challenges.
Please join Refugees International and the Center for Global Development for a webinar on this urgent issue, featuring case studies and lessons from experts, as well as potential policy solutions to mitigating harms. An audience Q&A will follow.
