Invitation

Launch of the annual report:

Global Estimates 2014: people displaced by disasters



The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), the Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) cordially invite you to the launch of IDMCs annual
report:

Launch event:

Wednesday, September 17
th
2014

09:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.

UN Headquarters New York, GA Building, Conference Room 5


(Internally Displaced Persons in Tacloban City, Photo: AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Nov 2013)


The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centres independent, annual report Global
Estimates: People Displaced by Disasters has become the established reference for
policy-makers providing evidence on the global scale, scope and nature of
displacement caused by disasters related to storms, floods and earthquakes.

Over the first five years reported on so far around 143 million people became
displaced due to disasters worldwide, mostly related to climate or weather hazards.
The 2014 report includes the latest global figures and analysis of displacement in
2013 and the previous five years (2008-2012) covering 161 countries. The largest
mass displacement of 2013 involved 4.1 million forced to flee their homes in the
Typhoon Haiyan disaster in the Philippines. The evolving situation is looked at more
closely, as is the complex crisis in South Sudan where natural hazards and violence
collide.

For the first time this year, IDMC sets the displacement caused by disasters in a wider
historical context, by modelling the rising displacement trend since 1970. While
extreme and frequent natural hazards act as an important trigger to disaster and
displacement, findings point to the exposure and vulnerability of growing populations
as the main driver shaping this trend for the next few decades. This shows that much
more can be done to prevent, mitigate and prepare for the increasing amount
displacement disasters are expected to cause in the future.


We hope that you can join us for this important event.

For more information, please dont hesitate to contact Zeender@un.org or
Alfredo.Zamudio@nrc.ch. For media requests, please contact
Tuva.Bogsnes@nrc.no


Event agenda

09.15

Welcome and opening by H.E. Ambassador Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, European Union
permanent mission to the United Nations

09.20-09.35
Global Estimates 2014: people displaced by disasters
Key findings and recommendations
Mr. Jan Egeland, Norwegian Refugee Councils Secretary General

09.35-10.00
Panel presentations
Dr. Aisha L. Abdullahi, African Union, Political Affairs Commissioner
Mr. Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, Chief, Policy Development and Studies Branch, OCHA

10.00-10.30 Plenary discussion
10:30-10:45 Summary and closing