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Displaying 15 of about 25 resultsThis paper presents IOM’s approach to bring together disaster risk reduction and mobility management practices to improve people’s livelihoods and well-being. It asserts that: (i) mobility can save lives, enhance resilience and reduce risk; (ii) mobility can also make people more vulnerable and expose them to new risks; and that (iii) the Hyogo Framewor…
This paper introduces the “Peninsula principles on climate displacement”, which outlining the rights of people and communities who lose their homes, land and livelihoods due to the effects of climate change. It provides a comprehensive normative framework, based on principles of international law, human rights obligations and good practice, within which…
Among all the statistics about temperature increase, polar melting and sea level rise associated with a warming world, the impact on hundreds of millions of people forced to leave their homes due to climate change is often not fully considered.
Kieran Cooke of the Climate News Network explores the issues and reports on a new International Organisation…
This advocacy document identifies 5 key actions that could be undertaken by the Government of Bangladesh to provide durable solutions to climate displacement, which is threatening 20 million people over the next 40 years due to sea level rise alone. All of these actions are based on human rights standards and can, and should, be supported by the regiona…
Position paper by the Envoy of the Nansen Initiative on the occasion of the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 14-15 July 2014, Geneva:
This briefing note is based on the conclusions of inter-governmental regional consultations undertaken by the Nansen Initiative to build consensus on an agen…
London - For Pacific islands like Palau, Tuvalu and Kiribati, the implications of climate change are clear - and devastating. Already, these governments have begun to plan for a future in which entire populations have to relocate as their islands vanish under the rising sea. But climate change also threatens ways of life in subtler ways, leaving familie…
By Max Martin
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For the millions of Filipinos displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, the New Year is a time to rebuild their houses and livelihoods. Many people are returning to their ravaged neighbourhoods to erect “weaker, leakier and sometimes rotting versions” o…
This paper presents key findings from the survey conducted in areas targeted for relocation following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. It aims to understand the needs and perceptions of groups affected. It argues that current plans ignore key elements of sustainable relocation processes, and lack technical guidance and support. It emphasizes that the…
This fact sheet presents Nansen Initiative's perspective on disaster risk reduction (DRR). It suggests key messages to inform the drafting of the post-2015 Hyogo Framework for disaster risk reduction with regard to addressing disaster related displacement and highlights a few key recommendations for the Pacific, Central America and the Greater Horn of A…
This paper investigates the causal chain between climate change, migration and conflict in the context of the Sahel region, with special focus on implications for the youth cohort living in the most vulnerable rural areas, and concludes with policy recommendations aimed at mitigation of the effects of climate variability and prevention of youth engageme…
This paper assesses the risk of disaster-induced displacement in 21 island states in the South Pacific. It presents results from the second of five planned analyses which correspond with the regional consultations of the Nansen Initiative, a state-led process that brings together representatives from governments, international organisations, civil socie…
By Mohamed Issa
Maruhibi, Zanzibar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Zanzibar has begun relocating coastal families on the island of Pemba who are facing inundation from worsening high tides.
According to Sheha Mjaja Juma, director of the Department of the Environment in Zanzibar, 10 coastal families from Mijini Kiuyu who have seen their houses repeatedl…
By Thin Lei Win
Bali, Indonesia - Ursula Rakova was born in a tropical paradise.
The tiny, low-lying islet of Han is part of the Carteret Atoll in the southwest Pacific, with clear blue waters lapping at its palm-fringed shores. Fish was plentiful and so was taro, the staple food.
The atoll community is matrilineal, and Rakova’s mother passed ownersh…
This paper is part of IOM’s commitment to the development of the post‐2015 development agenda, and in particular of the successor framework to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). It articulates the correlation between risk and mobility, in terms of both associated costs and opportunities. It includes providing measurable indicators and clear policies…
This document addresses the need for coordinated approaches to prevent, manage and respond to the enormous challenge of disaster-induced internal displacement. It is an essential contribution to the knowledge of the scale and impacts of rapid-onset disasters.
It provides a solid evidence base for understanding global patterns and trends in displacement…