Climate Change & Modern Slavery Hub launch
The Climate Change & Modern Slavery Hub is an initiative to address the urgent global issue of modern slavery within the context of climate-induced migration. This event launched the hub and brought together leading experts in climate change, migration and human rights.
More than 650k Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since August 2017, fleeing persecution in Myanmar, more than half of them women and girls (Photo: UN Women, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The intersection of climate change, migration and modern slavery is complex and poorly understood. This knowledge gap results in inadequate policies and programmes to protect vulnerable populations.
The Climate Change & Modern Slavery hub, co-developed by IIED, Anti-Slavery International and Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program, brings together existing evidence on these links, aiming to support informed decision-making and reduce vulnerability to all forms of modern slavery in the context of climate change.
The hub was designed to equip policymakers, researchers and practitioners with the knowledge and tools to address this growing crisis. The hub:
- Provides a comprehensive knowledge base on the links between climate change, migration and modern slavery
- Offers an interactive map and resources for easy access to information
- Supports policymakers, researchers and practitioners in developing effective strategies
- Highlights gaps in current understanding and areas for further research, and
- Promotes the integration of modern slavery considerations in climate change actions.
This event provided an opportunity to explore the critical intersections between climate-induced migration and modern slavery, and learn about the new tools for researchers, policymakers and practitioners.
Agenda
- Recorded keynote speech from UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights Elisa Morgera
- Overview of the Climate Change & Modern Slavery Hub
- Presentation of the key findings of the hub
- Expert panel discussion with speakers: Ritu Bharadwaj, principal researcher (climate governance and finance team), IIED's Climate Change research group; Cristina Patriarca, safe migration campaigns coordinator, Anti-Slavery International; Shakirul Islam, executive director, Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program
- Question-and-answer session
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Contact
Anne Schulthess ([email protected]), marketing manager, IIED's Communications Group
