Friday, October 07, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where
Saul/Zilkha Rooms
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
A BROOKINGS-LSE PROJECT ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT EVENT
Conversations about Climate Change Adaption: Displacement, Migration and Planned Relocation
Climate Change, Internal Displacement, Migration
Event Summary
The impact on human mobility from climate change has been the subject of increasing discussion in recent years. More than two decades ago, the first assessment report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration. The importance of the issue within the climate change discussion was more recently recognized by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun in December 2010.
Contact: Brookings Office of Communications
Email: events@brookings.edu
Phone: 202.797.6105
On October 7, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement will host a conversation exploring the potential impact of climate change on different forms of human mobility: migration, displacement and planned relocation. Panelists include Chaloka Beyani, co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and the United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Susan Martin from Georgetown University and Robin Mearns from the World Bank.
Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, panelists will take audience questions.
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