Objectives
The hybrid event was organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in conjunction with the Permanent Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Office in Geneva and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia with the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
The session aimed to create awareness of the link between water and displacement, with climate change accelerating a global water crisis, which – together with rainfall variability – is expected to be one of the contributing forces in population displacement.
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Moderator
Ambassador Anita Pipan
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Ambassador Thomas Wagner
Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation in Geneva
Speakers
Petteri Taalas
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Janez Lenarčič
European Commissioner for Crisis Management
Stanislav Raščan
State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and acting Minister for Development Cooperation
Panel 1
Robert Mardini
Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Olga Algayerova
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Esha Dilip Zaveri
Senior Economist, World Bank
Boštjan Rogelj
PhD., Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Ljubljana
Panel 2
Mami Mizutori
Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Andrew Harper
Special Advisor on Climate Action, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Manuel Marques Pereira
Head of Division for Migration, Environment and Climate Change) at the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Walter Kaelin
Special Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
