Spotlight session: Climate mobility
When: 29 April 2026 | 16:00-16:20
Format: tbc
Venue: Plenary
As climate impacts intensify, the movement of people across and within borders is increasingly shaped by intersecting drivers: environmental stress, resource competition, governance fragility and conflict. Yet international frameworks for managing climate mobility remain fragmented, underfunded and insufficiently connected to the broader peace and security architecture.
Drawing on IOM's operational experience in West Africa/the Sahel and GCCM's expertise in coordinating global responses to climate mobility, the session offers a concise and focused exchange on where progress has been made, where gaps persist, and what the climate, peace and security community can do — concretely and collectively — to advance more integrated responses. The session distils the most pressing challenges and actionable recommendations at the intersection of climate mobility, conflict prevention and sustaining peace.
Guiding questions:
- How are climate-related mobility patterns reshaping conflict dynamics and peacebuilding challenges — and how well do current international frameworks capture and respond to this reality?
- What does a more coherent, rights-based and conflict-sensitive approach to climate mobility look like in practice — and what institutional and financing barriers stand in the way?
- How can the climate, peace and security community more effectively engage with global migration and mobility governance processes to ensure that displacement prevention, protection and durable solutions are treated as integral components of the agenda?
Speakers:
- Barbra Lukunka, Senior Policy and Programme Officer, IOM
- Kamal Amakrane, Director, Global Centre for Climate Mobility (tbc)
Return to the BCSC 2026 New York Agenda.