This Policy Dialogue which took place in Geneve on 26 & 27 of June 2023 represented the opportunity for the HABITABLE consortium to actively engage with stakeholders in processes for identifying approaches, regulatory and institutional frameworks, programs, and plans that shape existing legal and policy actions.
The primary objective of the Dialogue was to engage key stakeholders to discuss preliminary findings of the research conducted within the HABITABLE project and share perspectives about a human rights-based approach to human mobility related to climate change.
Second, taking advantage of the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), this event was also aimed at reaching a wide range of actors, experts, and practitioners to seek their views, raise awareness and assess policy solutions, recognizing the benefits of adopting a human rights perspective and a comprehensive approach to climate impacts and related migration and displacement.
The event was divided in two sessions:
A Technical session: June 26th, 2 pm – 6 pm, International Environment House 2
A Policy Dialogue: June 27th, 1 pm – 2 pm, Palais des Nations, also accessible ONLINE.
Participants discussed the main policy implications deriving from the relationship among habitability, climate change, and human rights, as well as options to manage migration and prevent displacement related to the adverse effects of global warming, with the objective of guaranteeing the exercise of fundamental freedoms.
HABITABLE aims to significantly advance our understanding of the current interlinkages between climate impacts and migration and displacement patterns, in order to better anticipate their future evolutions.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 869395. The content reflects only the authors’ views, and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
