BCSC 2020: “What’s Next on the Research Agenda for Climate Migration and Displacement?”

The Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2020 (BCSC2020) featured a diverse and engaging programme of 22 partner-led online sessions, on themes selected to further the understanding of, and ability to address specific aspects of climate change and security which urgently need deeper exploration.

On September 30 2020, the session “What’s Next on the Research Agenda for Climate Migration and Displacement” orgainzed by adelphi looked at three research initiatives: HABITABLE – Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration (2020-2024), the largest project on climate change and migration that has ever been funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, the GIZ’s Global Programme on Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (2017-2023) and insights from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) into regional trends, priorities, recommendations and concrete actions based on their experience in West, Central and Northern Africa.

Moderator:

• Dennis Tänzler, Director of International Climate Policy, adelphi

Speakers:

• François Gemenne, Director, Hugo Observatory on Environment, Migration, and Politics, University of Liège
• Dorothea Rischewski, Head of Programme, Global Programme Sustainable Management of Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, GIZ
• Hind Aissaoui Bennani, Regional specialist on migration, environment and climate change, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Regional Office for West and Central Africa in Dakar