Driving Risk or Resilience: Human Mobility and Climate Change
When: 12 October, 10:55 – 11:55
Format: Roundtable discussion
Description: In contrast to the widespread assumption that human mobility and migration are mostly sources of conflict, climate-resilient adaptation options that take into account the role of human mobility and migration can also lead to peace and perhaps also positive outcomes. For example, they can strengthen human security and resilience in fragile contexts by enhancing livelihood prospects vis-à-vis climate risks, improve local opportunities for participation and contribute to peaceful conflict resolution. However, migration and displacement into regions that are already impacted by climate change, can fuel tensions between and within hosts and incomers, if not managed carefully. This interactive roundtable, hosted by GIZ, will look at the evidence from central and east Africa to discuss:
- the impacts of climate change on human mobility and (cross-border) migration in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region in Eastern Africa and Lake Chad Basin;
- where and how climate change and human mobility increase the risks of conflict and fragility in both regions; and
- how human mobility can contribute to reduce the risk of increased fragility due to climate change and increase resilience, and with which promising approaches to adaptation that centre on human mobility.
Speakers:
• Ayan Mahamoud, Senior Programme Coordinator, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission
• Jochen Steinhilber, Head of Department Displacement, Crisis, Prevention & Civil Society, BMZ (tbc)
• Susanne Schmeier, Associate Professor of Water Law and Diplomacy, IHE Delft
Moderated by:
• Vanessa Vaessen, Planning Officer, GIZ
• Sandra Schuster, Planning Officer, GIZ