Building Climate Resilience with Displaced Communities

Refugees and internally displaced people are among the most vulnerable populations to the impact of climate change— about 75 percent of all forcibly displaced people are exposed to extreme hazard risks. Despite experiencing disproportionate impacts from climate change, they are often excluded from climate adaptation policy development and implementation.

Join Refugees International, the Tzu Chi Foundation, and The New Humanitarian during New York Climate Week for an event spotlighting efforts to meaningfully include refugee and IDP communities in climate action.

This discussion will bring together climate experts, researchers, humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, journalists, and representatives of displaced communities to explore what it means to build climate resilience with displaced communities.

The event will also launch a forthcoming Refugees International report that takes stock of governments’ commitments at the Global Refugee Forum to include refugees and IDPs in climate adaptation planning. The report – covering commitments from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda – serves as a critical marker in the lead up to the 2027 Global Refugee Forum.

Space is limited. Invitations are transferrable within your organization.

Moderator:

• Jocelyn Perry, Senior Advocate and Program Manager of the Climate Displacement Program at Refugees International

Speakers:

• Margaret Bassie, Tzu Chi Sierra Leone

• Julia Davatzes, Consultant for Refugees International Climate Displacement Program

• Ayoo Irene Hellen, Founder of Hope in the Heat, Refugees International Fellow Emeritus

• Yuot Aleer Deng, Refugees International Fellow and refugee climate activist in Kenya

• More speakers to be announced

By RSVPing to this event, you are consenting to Tzu Chi Foundation’s liability waiver and media consent form.