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March 25, 2025
Policy Brief: Global South Perspectives on Climate Change and Displacement
This Policy Brief is a result of Global South perspectives on Climate Change and Displacement webinar organized by IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement, 30 January, 2025. It featured Andrew Harper from UNHCR, Amal El Ouassif (Morocco), Desiree del Rosario (Dominican Republic), Opporutuna Kweka (Tanzania) and was moderated by Luisa Felina Freier (Peru). The discussion served as a reflection on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), convened in Baku in November 2024, in addressing the impact of climate change on dynamics of forced displacement. In addition to focusing on supporting Global South to protect their people and economies against climate disasters and sharing the benefits of the clean energy boom, an objective of COP29 was to affirm the benefits of inclusive approaches that ensure the meaningful participation of highly vulnerable people from the climate frontlines. Given the limited progressed witnessed at COP29, the webinar asked if and how new forms of localized knowledge on the relationship between climate change and displacement can support innovative thinking on better responses.
To view the full webinar and read the summary, click here.
