Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking
Channel: IIED
Date: 28/05/2022

This is an edited recording of a webinar that discussed a new, groundbreaking report that details the extent and impact of climate change on distress migration and human trafficking.

Climate change is increasing in frequency and intensity adding pressure to an already stressed system, placing the most vulnerable countries and communities at even greater risk of harm.

Faced with devastation, people are forced to migrate in despair within and across borders to protect their lives, escape from hunger, and earn livelihoods - making them vulnerable to human trafficking and slavery.

A new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), developed in partnership with PHIA Foundation and Aide et action, is among the first to provide an empirical and compelling evidence base on the links between climate change, migration and trafficking, and unpacks the underlying drivers that should be targeted by policymakers to deal with this nexus.

The speakers:

0:00 Clare Shakya, director, Climate Change research group, IIED
4:30 Catherine Turner, head of programmes and advocacy, Anti-Slavery International
7:42 Sally Taylor, director of development, climate, science and technology, British High Commission, New Delhi
14:03 Siobhán Mullally, UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 
21:45 Cecilia Silva Bernardo, climate negotiator for Angola and for the least developed countries
29:04 Josh Meyer (moderator), domestic security correspondent, USA Today, and member of the advisory board for the Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking
33:53 Mamta Kohli (opening comments), senior social development advisor, FCDO
38:44 Ritu Bharadwaj, senior researcher, Climate Change research group, IIED
48:47 Umi Daniel, director of migration and education, Aide et Action South Asia, India
59:25 Johnson Topno, regional head of programme, Partnering Hope into Action (PHIA Foundation), India
1:08:17 Devanshu Chakravarti, researcher and independent consultant 
1:30:07 Daljeet Kaur, climate and environment advisor, FCDO
1:33:44 Anirban Ganguly, South Asia Research Hub (SARH) under FCDO

More information and read the report: https://www.iied.org/climate-change-migration-vulnerability-trafficking

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