Event Report: Climate Change and Human Mobility Working with mayors to advance SDGs 10 and 13
Event Report
Climate Change and Human Mobility Working with mayors to advance SDGs 10 and 13
High Level Side Event by the British Council, the C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration (C40-MMC Task Force), the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Working with Mayors to Advance SDGs 10 and 13 The British Council, the C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration (C40-MMC Task Force), the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) joined together to host an official side event on climate change and human mobility at the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The event highlighted that environmental migration is complex and multifaceted, and most people’s journeys will lead them to cities in the future. Migration and climate change issues are core concerns for current and future sustainable development, which cannot be addressed in silos. The UN High Level Political Forum side event on ‘Climate and Human Mobility’ served as a bridge between the review of SDGs 10 (reduced inequalities) and 13 (climate action) taking place at the HLPF, and also looked forward to COP26 in Glasgow, 2021.
