About the Symposium

This 3-day, online symposium aims to contribute to knowledge, networks, and advocacy critical to building institutional capacity for supporting climate migrants. 

Topics for speakers, panels and discussions include:

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• Good practice in support for planned migration

• Good practice in supporting climate migrants who arrive in cities

  • Employment and training

  • Housing

  • Water security

  • Cash transfers

  • Slums and gangs: building community support

  • Children and youth: supporting the transition

  • NGOs, local governments, national governments, and international institutions: building effective cooperation

• International development agency experience and approaches

• International climate change resources for climate migrants

• Building national capacities to support climate migrants

• Building donor agency capacities to support climate migrants

• Lessons from the humanitarian community

• Promoting developed country responsibility

• Learning from experience: networking across donor agencies and NGOs

• Advocacy for climate migrants