Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
29 April 2008 -9:00am-6:30pm
Climate change and migration are two of the most important challenges of our day. Yet, while the links between the two are controversial, they are not well understood. Climate change will almost certainly lead to widespread human displacement, but the scale, nature and impact of such forced migration remains unclear.
This one-day conference will bring together high-level participants from a range of backgrounds to discuss how climate change will affect migration patterns and how policy-makers should respond. The event will ask:
Where, why and how will climate change induced displacement occur?
What are likely to be the most effective ways of preventing or mitigating this displacement?
What national and international action now will help minimise the adverse impacts of such forced migration?
For more information about this event, please contact events@ippr.org.
Speakers include:
The Rt. Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dr. Kim Howells MP, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Craig L. Johnstone, Deputy High Commissioner, UNHCR
Brunson McKinley, Director General, International Organization for Migration
Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair, Stern Review and former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank
The Observer/Blackwell Readers Events present
an evening with Khaled Hosseini
Thursday 10 April, 7pm
(Doors open at 6.30pm)
Khaled Hosseini makes his first
UK appearance since the
publication of his debut novel,
The Kite Runner, in September
2003.
Khaled’s second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, went straight to Number One in the Fiction Bestseller charts upon publication in May 2007, and the 2007 film of The Kite Runner was nominated for three BAFTAs.
Khaled will be talking about his career, taking questions from the audience and signing copies of his books at Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London W1B 3LS.
Tickets: £8, concessions £6
To book tickets call 0845 456 9876 or visit Blackwell, 100 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG.
“Defining the scope of responsibilities: the Great Lakes region”
By Judy Cheng-Hopkins
(Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, UNHCR)
Dr Chaloka Beyani (LSE)
Dr Susan Breau (University of Surrey)
Chair: TBC
Tuesday, 18 March, 2-4 pm
U8, London School of Economics
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations will discuss the local settlement of refugees in Tanzania and the return and reintegration of refugees in Burundi.
This event is free and open to all; for more information call 020 7955 6814.
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