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The Global Centre for Climate Mobility played a leading role during COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh in placing climate mobility at the top of the global climate agenda. The Climate Mobility Pavilion directly addressed climate-forced displacement, which has emerged as the human face of the climate crisis. Situated in the Blue Zone, the Climate Mobility Pavilion was a dedicated space for discussion on expanding the climate mobility policy ecosystem and community of practice, to ensure that climate mobility solutions are enshrined in Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Strategies. This would enable financing to support people positive adaptation, including locally-anchored climate mobility solutions.
A Major Highlight
A major highlight of the Climate Mobility Pavilion was the launch of the Africa Shifts report by the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative, along with an open-source climate mobility model to aid long-term decision making, and eight actions that need to take place in the next eight years.
Hosted by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, and with the participation of numerous organisations bringing people positive adaptation strategies to life, the programme of events focuses on 10 themes.
7 November - Africa Day
- High-Level Opening Session: Harnessing Climate Mobility for Adaptation and Resilience (9:30am – 11:00am)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: President of Botswana, President of Comoros and Prime Minister of Chad
Panelists: World Bank Vice President for Africa, IOM Deputy Director General, African Union Commission and African Ministers
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility
Concept note: https://bit.ly/CMP-1-1 - High-Level Event: Towards People Positive Climate Action: Building Resilience for All (11:15am – 12:45pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: President of Somalia, Vice President of Angola and Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
Panelists: African Ministers, WB Senior Director, and IOM Deputy Director General
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility
Concept note: https://bit.ly/CMP-1-2 - High-Level Launch of the Climate Mobility Agenda for Action & Announcement of Africa Climate Mobility Champion Leaders (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: President of Botswana, President of Niger, Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, and Vice President of Angola
Presenters: World Bank Vice President for Africa, IOM Deputy Director General, and African Ministers
Concept note: https://bit.ly/CMP-1-3 - High-Level Event: The Future of Cooperation for a Continent on the Move (3:00pm – 4:30pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: President of Comoros, Vice President of Angola, Foreign Minister of Niger and Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
Panelists: World Bank Senior Director, Regional Coordinator of Sahel Climate Commission, IOM Deputy Director General
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility
Concept note: https://bit.ly/CMP-1-4 - High-Level Event: Sustaining Peace Amidst the Climate Crisis (5:00pm – 6:30pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: President of Niger, President of Somalia and Prime Minister of Chad
Panelists: World Bank Vice President, Director General CCPA, African Development Bank Vice President and African Ministers
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility
Concept note: https://bit.ly/CMP-1-5 - Voices from the Frontlines Art & Music Reception
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
8 November - Frontline Communities Day
- Tuvalu Cultural Event
Organized by the Government of Tuvalu and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - High-Level Event: Protecting Sovereignty & Heritage of Frontline Countries (9:30am – 11:00am)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: Prime Minister of Tuvalu, President of Marshall Islands, African Heads of State
Panelists: Minister of Maldives, Climate Envoy of Denmark, Deputy Director General IOM, USAID
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility - High-Level Launch: The Africa Climate Mobility Report & Digital Platform (11:15am – 12:45pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: African Heads of State
Remarks: African Ministers, IOM Special Envoy and WB Senior Director
Presenter: Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Networking Event for Climate Mobility Partners (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
- High-Level Event: Enabling Frontline Communities Amidst the Climate Crisis (3:00pm – 4:30pm)
Welcoming remarks: Global Centre for Climate Mobility Managing Director
Keynote Speakers: African Heads of State
Panelists: African Ministers and the World Bank
Moderator: Global Centre for Climate Mobility - High-Level Event: Nexus between Climate Change, Migration, & Human Rights (5:00pm – 6:00pm)
Organized by OHCHR and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Build the Future: Addressing Climate Mobility in Africa (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by UNOPS and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
9 November - Partnerships Day
- High-Level Dialogue: Multi-dimensional Vulnerability for Small Island Developing States (8:30am – 9:30am)
Organized by AOSIS, OHRLLS, and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Towards People Positive Climate Action: The Contribution of Philanthropy (10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Investing for Community Resilience in an Age of Climate Mobility (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Harnessing Climate Mobility: Skills & Entrepreneurship for the Green Transition (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by ODI and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Towards People Positive Climate Action: Focus on Narrative Change
(3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Build the Future:
The Power of Partnerships for Climate Action (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by UNOPS and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Voices from the Frontlines – Movie Screening: Newtok | The Water is Rising (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
10 November - Youth
- Networking Session: A Community of Global Climate Mobility Youth Representatives
(8:30am – 9:30am)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility and supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung - High-Level Opening:
The Promise of Opportunity for Africa’s youth (9:30am – 11:00pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, the African Union Youth Envoy, and UNICEF - Build The Future:
Voices of the Next Generation
(11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by UNOPS and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Future Generations:
Sharing Local Knowledge &
Protecting the Cultural Heritage of Island Nations (1:o0pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Youth Voices & Solutions to Climate-induced Migration & Displacement (3:o0pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by YOUNGO Migration working group, Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP), African Youth Peer Review committee Africa Europe Foundation, and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - African Youth Declaration on Climate Mobility (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by YOUNGO Migration working group, Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP), African Union Youth Envoy, Resilient40 Africa, UNICEF and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Reception and Networking Event: African Champions of Climate Resilience (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Private Reception
11 November - Climate Justice Day
- African Feminist Approaches for Climate Mobility (8:30am – 9:30am)
Organized by 1.2 Diaries - High-level Event: Protecting People on the Move Amidst the Climate Crisis (10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Addressing Climate-induced Human Mobility & Scaling up Resilience of Vulnerable Groups (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by Slycan Trust and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Climate Mobility, Health & Gender (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by PACJA and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Human mobility and climate change – Experiences from the IGAD region to support just transitions and inclusion of vulnerable populations (3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by ILO and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - High-level Event: Indigenous Knowledge & Frontline Communities (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by UNFCCC and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Build the Future: Inclusive Infrastructure for Climate Action (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by UNOPS and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
12 November - Adaptation & Resilience Day
- Investing in Water for Community Resilience (10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, Deltares, IOM, UNOPS, and tha African Development Bank - Loss & Damage and Climate Displacement: How can we better manage risks? (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by IFRC, PDD and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Rethinking collective action and investment planning for a water secure world (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by Water Equity, Danone, and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Integrating Human Mobility & Displaced Populations into NAPs & NDCs (3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by UNU, FAO, UNITAR and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - In Conversation with the Diaspora: Exploring Good Practices in Climate Action (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by IOM UK and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
14 November - Women Day
- Africa Climate Mobility Initiative Women Forum (10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, UNDP and UN Women - Climate Action Priorities (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Africa (UCESA) - Pathways to Justice: A Rule of Law Approach to Climate Mobility (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by IDLO and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - High-Level: Women Confronting the Climate Crisis (3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Climate Mobility & the Role of Women in National Adaptation Strategies (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW), Women for a Change, Cameroon (Wfac), Thematic Group on Climate Change (GTCC) and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Climate Mobility & Africa: New Perspectives (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by ODI and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
15 November - Knowledge Day
- Improving Climate Mobility Data & Forecasting (10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the African Migration Observatory and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Climate Mobility Knowledge for National Adaptation Strategies: The Contribution of African National Economic & Social Councils (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Africa (UCESA) and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - A Conversation on Climate Literacy (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Stories of Climate Mobility: Understanding the Impacts, Informing Effective Response (3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by the Mixed Migration Centre and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Methods for climate mobility deep dives: linking local research with continental data (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by Deltares and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Networking Event for Climate Mobility Scientist & Researchers (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by IDOS and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
16 November - Cities Day
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Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel – the Sahel Predictive Analytics Project (8:30am-9:30am)
Organized by the UNHCR and Global Centre for Climate Mobility
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Climate Risks & Climate Mobility in Intermediate Cities in Africa (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by the Lagos State, C40 and Global Centre for Climate Mobility -
Build The Future: Strategies for Climate Adaptation (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by UNOPS and Global Centre for Climate Mobility -
Climate Change and Youth Migration: The Youth from the Global South Taking Global Commitments a Step Forward (2:45pm – 3:45pm)
Organized by Green Africa Youth Organisation and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility -
Women for Climate Justice (4:00pm – 5:00pm)
Organized by Fundacion Barranquilla+20 and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - The African Cities Partnership
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility and the Mayors Migration Council (5:30pm – 6:30pm)
17 November - Technology & Innovative Solutions Day
- Empowering African Youth Initiatives for Climate Mobility Tech (8:30am – 9:30am)
Organized by the African Youth Climate Innovation Network and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Financing Options to Address Climate Mobility(10:00am – 11:00am)
Organized by the GIZ and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Africa Climate Mobility Initiative Youth Forum Innovation Challenge: Climate Mobility Fellows (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, African Union Youth Envoy, YOUNGO, Migration Youth and Children Platform and UNICEF - Anticipatory Action for Climate Induced Displacement (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
Organized by Danish Refugee Council, CGIAR and Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Protecting Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change
(3:00pm – 4:00pm)
Organized by UNICEF, IOM, and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Climate-induced Migration – Closing the Risk Gap! (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Organized by Bread for the World and the Global Centre for Climate Mobility - Closing Session (6:00pm – 7:30pm)
Organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility
Themes
These themes were selected to demonstrate the breadth of the climate mobility agenda and its emerging community of practice, which includes data scientists, government officials, experts, practitioners, change agents, and climate-affected communities. The themes also offered a wide range of interested partners and vested stakeholders the opportunity to co-design and contribute to the Climate Mobility Pavilion programme.