10:00 CET Welcome coffee
10:30 CET Opening remarks by Ms. Alexandra Bilak, IDMC Director
10:45 CET Keynote speech
11:00 CET Launch of Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions
Keynote speech: H.E. Mr. Thomas Wagner, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent
Observer of the European Union to the United Nations in Geneva
Presentation of key findings by Vicente Anzellini, IDMC Monitoring and Reporting Team Manager and Report Coordinator, followed by a panel discussion with reflections on the report’s key findings. The discussion will be moderated by Alexandra Bilak with panelists including:
- HE Ms Amanda Gorely, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations in Geneva
- Ms. Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director-General, International Organization for Migration.
- H.E. Mr. Kozo Honsei, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in Geneva
- Mr. Robert Piper, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Solutions to Internal Displacement
- Mr. Samuel Tumiwa, Advisor, Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Department & Chief of Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations,
Asian Development Bank, and member of IDMC’s Advisory Group
12:30 CET Lunch break
13:45 CET Better ways to prevent and end disaster displacement
The afternoon session will focus on exploring successful approaches for the prevention of and solutions to disaster displacement. Partners will present best practices and insights from their work in different countries and regions. Potential topics of focus will include:
- Assessing the risk of future disaster displacement
- Modelling displacement linked with drought
- Projecting the impacts of climate change on future displacement
- Identifying examples of successful initiatives for others to learn from: the Global Repository of Good Practices
- Preventing displacement in a context of climate change
16:30 CET Closing remarks
17:00 CET Cocktail reception
