The Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century will convene in Oslo, Norway from Monday, June 6 to Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The meeting is hosted by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This conference will focus on vulnerability, resilience and capacity for adaptation of
communities in areas that are prone to disaster due to climate change, the protection of displaced people, and promotion of action to help prevent or manage displacement. The conference also aims to provide up-to-date projections with regard to drivers of displacement such as drought, floods, storms and sea-level rise.
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website.
Click here for the preliminary program.