Speed briefing: New practical toolkit on climate and disaster displacement

Join us for a speed briefing webinar to learn more about a ground-breaking new global toolkit to guide lawyers and decision-makers faced with refugee claims involving the impacts of climate change or disasters. 

International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit is a clear, systematic guide for legal practitioners and decision-makers dealing with this issue.  

It explains when, why and how existing refugee and human rights law can protect people forced to leave their homes in situations where climate change or disasters play a role. 

Please join us for a 30-minute speed briefing webinar for a quick overview of the Practical Toolkit. You will hear from Professor Jane McAdam AO and Dr Tamara Wood, UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (authors) and Dr Madeline Garlick, Chief of the Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section at UNHCR. The audience will also have a chance to ask questions. 

This Practical Toolkit has been developed by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, and the School of Law and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and with support from Open Society Foundations.

Image credit: UNHCR/Catalina Betancur Sanchez