Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Climate Change, and Migration

A compilation of references published by CICERO on islands (especially SIDS) and climate change, with links to migration, is now available at http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/islandsclimatechange.pdf (15 kb in PDF).

We hope that this will be a useful starting point for understanding the potential climate change and migration challenges facing SIDS with analogies for other islands, coastal areas, and landlocked locations.

Event: Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century

The conference will primarily  focus on vulnerability, resilience and capacity for adaptation of communities in areas that are prone to disaster due to climate change, the protection of displaced people, and promotion of action to help prevent or manage displacement. The conference also aims to provide up-to-date projections with regard to drivers of displacement such as drought, floods, storms and sea-level rise.

Dates: 6-7 June 2011  
Location: Oslo (Oslo), Norway  

For more details about Nansen Conference contact Kaja Haldorsen or visit the conference website.