Online presentation and Q&A on the Words into Action Guidelines on Disaster Displacement – How to reduce risk, address impacts and strengthen resilience

How can displacement considerations be integrated into disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and practice to improve governance?

On International Day for DRR 2020, experts answer questions on the key issues related to disaster displacement and the tools available to address displacement risk in DRR strategies, focusing particularly on the 'Words into Action Guidelines on Disaster Displacement - How to reduce risk, address impacts and strengthen resilience'. With this year’s International Day for DRR focusing on Target (E) of the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 on increasing the number of countries with national and local DRR strategies, this resource aims to support DRR practitioners to develop holistic DRR strategies.

Speakers:
Bina Desai, Head of Policy and Research, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Pauline Caspellan, Asia Pacific Regional Disaster Law Adviser, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Animesh Kumar, Deputy Chief of United Nations Office for Disaster RIsk Reduction Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Atle Solberg, Head of the Secretariat, Platform on Disaster Displacement
Silvi Llosa, Consultant, Norwegian Refugee Council
Nina Birkeland, Senior Adviser on Disaster Displacement and Climate Change, Norwegian Refugee Council
Juan Carlos Méndez, Regional Adviser for the Americas and the Caribbean, Platform on Disaster Displacement

Moderator:
Sarah Koeltzow, Policy Officer, Platform on Disaster Displacement

This online Q&A was organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) on 13 October 2020.

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