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👇For those in the Americas, both dialogues take place on Thursday, 16 October,
-- 10:00 a.m. EDT (Americas/Africa/Europe)
-- 11:00 p.m. EDT (Asia/Pacific)
Do register to join our upcoming Virtual Dialogues on #PlannedRelocation.
@DDisplacement @WaterInitiativ1 @cmdplatform @UUSC @UNmigration @CJRFund @LossandDamage @RID_networks @UNDRR @UNDRR_AsiaPac @UNFCCC @charlp27 @Waterkeeper @Youth4WaterIn
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As Jo Lo noted elsewhere, this is why we need a Just Transition Work Program #JTWP. In fact, it is one of many reasons & why an international lens is needed for a truly just transition. "Migrant workers report abuse at UAE renewable projects" 👇
Interviewees reported workplace discrimination, violence and harassment. One said he was living in overcrowded and unsanitary accommodation with 18 others, while half said their food allowances weren’t enough to meet their needs.
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Happening now... just getting to CMA items
⚠️USEFUL INFO: The 2nd part of the closing Plenary of #COP29 is scheduled to start soon (ish) at #COP29. Tune in to hear updates on the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG).
📺Follow via the webcast here: piped.video/watch?v=kRrbxZoT…
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Important, useful & timely for those working on and affected by climate- and environment-related mobilities, displacement risk & relevant to protecting rights and respecting agency⤵️
New Article:
"From Forced Migration to Displacement?"
by Prof David Owen (@artsofdenial)
Prof Owen ask if the multi-disciplinary field of Forced Migration Studies (FMS) should re-orient itself around the concept of “displacement”
academic.oup.com/rsq/advance…
#OpenAcess
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This is very much worth paying attention to even for those critical of temporary labor migration as "adaptation" as well as of migrant workers' remittances as climate finance. Read & discuss? ⤵️
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ICYMI: A great piece outlining an important project. Useful to all concerned with protection of people on the move in the context of climate change, not just legal experts. Thanks, @RID_networks @matthewscott111 @BellaMosselmans @earthrefuge @RLI_News
How can strategic litigation advance protections for people displaced in the context of climate change? Exciting @RID_news blog calls for broad approach and introduces new Climiglaw Database.
@matthewscott111
@BellaMosselmans
@earthrefuge
@RLI_News
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This new report on key lessons from @cjrfund's climate mobilities grants is extremely useful and timely for anyone concerned w mobilities in the context of #lossanddamage incl #NELD. Lots to say on participation & local ownership.⤵️cjrfund.org/news/2024/9/16/k…
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#COP28 L&D decision calls for stakeholder participation & engagement, including from those on the move. What this means, why it's critical & how to make it happen...⤵️
1/20. 📜NEW BRIEF: “#Participation, #Engagement and #Representation of #Migrants, #DisplacedPersons and #Refugees in #LossAndDamage Financing, Action and Support”
🔗 Read it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.o…
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Congratulations to all the awardees, and especially to our Steering Group member Shakirul Islam and his colleagues @okupent @Shakirul_okup !
There's still time to register for today's event! ⬇
Together with @ICCCAD, we'll announce the Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship finalists and launch the new C-CIQ toolkit. Join us! --> iied.org/announcing-saleemul… #LossAndDamage #CapacityBuilding
ALT EVENT: Announcing the Saleemul Huq memorial scholarship finalists and C-CIQ toolkit launch.
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As @CameliaDewan says, so many great essays (including hers) and available online open access⤵️
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Congratulations! Highly recommend reading their article ⤵️ questionofcities.org/how-the…
Big congratulations to QoC-CANSA Fellows @reashiee and @sejalwashere for winning the Jury Appreciation Citation at @laadli_pf for their story on the adverse impact of climate events on Delhi’s informal workers!
@CANSouthAsia #LaadliMediaAward #gendersensitivereporting
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The Philippines is not only hosting the new multilateral Fund for L&D; there is also a national-level effort that would strengthen biz & HRs accountability & redress mechanisms & establish a national fund for those suffering L&D⤵️
climatechangenews.com/2024/0…
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Congratulations, @DulceGuzman__ & @ALIANZAAMERICAS !
After an extensive national search, we are excited to announce the appointment of @DulceGuzman__ as Alianza Americas’ new Executive Director, effective September 1st.
This is a crucial moment in our history, as we entrust the future of our organization to a leader who has grown alongside our movement and has demonstrated her deep commitment to our mission.
As we pass the torch to Dulce, we extend our deepest gratitude to @oachacon61, who has led Alianza Americas with unwavering dedication for the past 20 years. 🔗 bit.ly/3AETF86
#20anniversary #20mas
ALT Welcome Dulce Guzman- Our New Executive Director
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The #BangladeshFloods also point to the need for agreements across jurisdictions (btw countries or sub-national authorities) on cooperation & info sharing on response management protocols.
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We'd say yes, passed time⤵️! But we might also suggest the urgent need to unpack rather than shore up some problematic assumptions about adjacent terms/usages as they are applied in different contexts of climate-related mobility/immobility.
Is it time to stop referring to 'planned relocations' as 'climate adaptation'???
Exciting new blog from Dr. Brian Aycock on the need to consider planned relocations as a form of displacement, to be addressed through #LossandDamage mechanisms: researchinginternaldisplacem…
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Please join us tomorrow, in person or online, for this great line up of panelists⤵️12:00 noon (UTC+2)!
OKUP Chairperson and @cmdplatform Steering Group member, @Shakirul_okup , will join as a panelist at a side event during the HRC 56th session on climate change and human mobility. This event is organized by @FESonline and its partners.
#ClimateChange #HumanMobility #HRC56 #OKUP
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Please join this HRC56 side event, which CMDP is pleased to cosponsor⤵️@okup @Shakirul_okup @fasterthanican @actclimate
🗓️ Come join this side event at the Palais des Nations on 3 July from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. for a conversation on ‘Where are Human Rights in the discussion on climate change and human mobility?’
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Emphasizing the importance of the 'right to stay' @MonicaVisalam & @KerilynSchewel
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Weekend reading, open access from @Nature_NPJ Climate Action "Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis"⤵️
nature.com/articles/s44168-0…
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An opportunity to intern with the wonderful members of the @DDisplacement Secretariat ⤵️
📢VACANCY
The PDD Secretariat, hosted by @UNOPS, is looking for a Policy & Communications #Intern. The position is full time and will be based in Geneva. The deadline to apply is 7 July. Learn more here: bit.ly/3VJfV9b
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