Virtual launch of the study: "Home Lands – Island and Archipelagic States’ Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change"

Home Lands - Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

Presentation and discussion of a new report by PIK and GIZ "Home Lands – Island and Archipelagic States’ Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change"

What happened after a hurricane destroyed almost all infrastructure on the island Barbuda?
Which problems arise in the context of planned relocations in Pacific island countries?
What do we know about the link between (labour) migration and climate change in the Philippines?

The Global Programme Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, implemented by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has partnered with the Potsdam Institute on Climate Impact Research (PIK) to gather knowledge on the relationship of climate change and migration, displacement and planned relocation in the partner regions of the project.

Extensive qualitative research, including more than 90 interviews, provides the basis for deep insights into the phenomenon of climate-induced migration, relevant actors, and the policy framework in the Eastern Caribbean, the Pacific and the Philippines. The researchers supply also comprehensive recommendations for the political shaping of the issue at global, regional and national level.

Agenda of the event:

Welcome address: Dr Heike Henn, BMZ

Presentation of research findings: Dr Kira Vinke, PIK

Panel discussion with:

• Dr Elke Siehl, GIZ
• Prof Dr Johan Rockström, PIK
• Dr Juan Antonio Perez, Commission on Population and Development, Philippines (tbc)        
• Crispin D’Auvergne, OECS Commission, Caribbean