Managing displacement Part 1/9

Managing displacement and humanitarian needs in a changing climate: the experience of cyclones Sidr and Nargis

Part 1/9

2-3:30pm, 23 June, 2009

Extreme and unpredictable tropical storms like Cyclone Nargis (May 2008, Myanmar) and Cyclone Sidr (November 2007, Bangladesh) are likely to become more commonplace because of the effects of climate change on storm strength and location. What measures can be taken to minimise the impact of future tropical storms of this magnitude? What can be done to manage the rapid displacement of such large quantities of people? How can the global humanitarian system prepare itself for a more volatile and challenging future? And what can be done to prepare to respond to the increased frequency, intensity and unpredictability of such events?

Mary Chinery-Hesse, Chief Advisor to the former President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor

John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Hasan Mahmud, State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, ASEAN

Moderated by Nisha Pillai, BBC World News

In kind partnership with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• kofi annan
• climate change
• geneva
• Nisha Pillai
• Surin Pitsuwan
• Hasan Mahmud
• John Holmes
• Mary Chinery-Hesse
• displacement
• cyclones
• global humanitaran forum