Climate-Induced Displacement

Climate-Induced Displacement: legal opportunities and challenges

Yale University, 12-13 October 2018

A two-day event focusing on Climate Induced Migration and Displacement, will be hosted at the Yale Macmillan Center on October 12 and 13. The purpose of this event is to draw attention to the scope and complexity of climate migration and displacement issues as the fall UNFCCC discussions and conclusion of the Global Compact on Migration approaches, and to produce useful outcomes that may accelerate global action on climate induced migration and displacement.

Several CISDL members will be taking part in this event: Mrs Maya Prabhu (Lead Counsel for Health) is co organizing this event. M. Ayman Cherkaoui (Lead Counsel for Climate Change), Mrs Alexandra Harrington (Lead Counsel for Peace, Justice and Governance), M. William B. Shipley (Program Coordinator for Human Rights) and Prof. Benoit Mayer are actively participating.

The conference program is available here MN086146 McMIllan Center Refugee Booklet R3

More information can be found at the following website: https://cid2018.yale.edu