“Internal displacement, migration and planned relocation in the context of natural hazards”
This webinar addressed the issue of: How the issue of ‘environmental’ (im)mobility within countries is addressed in law, policy and strategies at international and national levels (including IDP law, disaster law, etc.)?
Moderator: Moderator: Greta Zeender, Secretariat, UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Speakers: Romola Adeola (University of Pretoria), Matthew Scott (Raoul Wallenberg Institute), Tasneem Siddiqui (Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Bangladesh) and Elena Correa, (Independent Consultant)
Date: Wednesday 13 January 2021, 1.30pm UK
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11th RLI Annual Seminar Series Academic Year 2020-21 Webinars:
HUMAN MOBILITY, NATURAL HAZARDS AND POLICY RESPONSES
More details at: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/11th-internatio…
How can law and policy engage with the impact of natural hazards on human mobility?
Environmental processes shape human mobility, including processes of displacement, migration and planned relocation, within countries and even across borders. They can also entrench immobility for specific groups. Natural hazards that shape mobility in such contexts encompass the slow-onset impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, as well as sudden-onset disasters linked to storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and even biological hazards like the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar series brings together diverse scholarly and practitioner perspectives on how law and policy can respond to this global challenge. Its six topical sessions will be broadcast live in an interactive format via Zoom technology to enhance participation from across the globe.
The series is convened by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) and its Internal Displacement Research Programme, in partnership with the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), a state-led initiative working to improve protection for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change.
