EMN Swedish Presidency Conference

Displacement and migration related to disasters, climate change and environmental degradation 11–12 May 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Conference was organised in connection to the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Speakers reflected upon policy and practical measures already in place and future challenges.

The aim of the conference was to explore the impact of climate change on global migration patterns. It also discussed what could be done in the future to address the impacts of climate change on displacement and migration, both in terms of foreign and development policies and in relation to policy frameworks for migration.

The Conference explored new strategies and policies to meet these challenges of climate related displacement and migration and look at some of the possible impacts on the labour markets and economic migration. The results of the joint EMN-OEDC inform "Displacement and migration related to disasters, climate change and environmental degradation" carried out in 2022, were presented in the context of the conference.

EMN Swedish Presidency Conference – Summary report Pdf, 2.7 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Video of the conference, day 1 Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Video of the conference, day 2 Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Displacement and migration related to disaster, climate change and enviromental degradation Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Speakers' presentations

Koko Warner, Director, Global Data Institute, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Pdf, 3 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Rainer Münz, Professor, Central European University Pdf, 1.6 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Mariam Yassin Hagi Yussuf, Special Presidential Envoy for Migrants', Returnees and Children's Rights, Office of the President of the Federal Government of Somalia Pdf, 3.9 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Walter Kälin, Envoy of the Chair, Platform on Disaster Displacement Pdf, 1.1 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Anders Jägerskog, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, the World Bank Pdf, 3 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Lisa Andersson, Economist, International Migration Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Pdf, 501.2 kB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Matthew Scott, Senior Researcher, Human Rights and the Environment thematic area, Raoul Wallenberg Institute Pdf, 1.2 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Göran Holmqvist, Director, Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) Pdf, 1.8 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, Lead Expert on Migration and Development, Enabel (Belgian Development Agency) Pdf, 1.2 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Laurent Rucker, Head of the Mission for Democratic Governance, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Pdf, 1.6 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.

Chiara Scissa, Expert in International Protection and Human Rights, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Pdf, 1 MB, öppnas i nytt fönster.