European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Climate refugees – from understanding to addressing this challenging phenomenon
EESC, Jacques Delors building, room JDE62
11 March 2020
PROGRAMME
09.45 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Welcome and opening session
- Carlos Trindade, President of the Study Group on Immigration and Integration (IMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
10.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Panel 1 and debate The estimates and realities of environmental displacement
Moderator: Peter Schmidt, President of the EESC Sustainable Development Observatory
- Rachel Simon, Climate & Development Policy Coordinator, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe
- François Gemenne, Director, Hugo Observatory: Environment, Migration, Politics, University of Liège
- Nina Birkeland, Senior Advisor on disaster displacement and climate change, Norwegian Refugee Council
11.15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. | Coffee break
11.30 a.m. – 12.45 p.m. | Panel 2 and debate From legal protection gaps to solutions
Moderator: Carlos Trindade, President of the EESC Study Group on Immigration and Integration (IMI)
- Isabel Borges, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Law and Governance, Norwegian Business School and Guest Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo
- Annabelle Roig-Granjon, Deputy Head the Global Issues Unit, UNHCR Brussels office
12.45 p.m. – 13.00 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Carlos Trindade, President of the EESC Study Group on Immigration and Integration
- Peter Schmidt, President of the EESC Sustainable Development Observatory
Interpretation requested from French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish into French, English and Portuguese