On the Climate Frontlines with Displaced People: Averting, Minimising and Addressing Loss & Damage

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) / International Organization for Migration (IOM) / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) /
World Food Programme (WFP)

People who are on the move because of climate change must be the center of effective, inclusive, participatory, rights-based climate action. This session provides a platform for displaced people and migrants to share their experiences and views on what COP27 needs to deliver and to inspire action.

Speakers: O. Okot, Sth Sudanese refugee; E. Al-Hamali, IDP, Head of Solar Microgrid Plant, Yemen; Mme Falmata, IDP & M. Tahirou, “Making Displacement Safer,” Niger; Assad, Sudanese child refugee; S. Choudhury, Bangladeshi Diaspora; E. Mahmoud, UNHCR GWA/former refugee/poet-activist; Moderator: A. Harper/UNHCR