Erica Bower
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Researcher-advocate advancing tools to help communities plan to relocate - or stay - with dignity in a changing climate ššš
Palo Alto, California
Joined July 2014
RT @UNPiper: Policies on 'planned relocations' have become an imperative in a changing climate. Happening already in many Small Island Deveā¦
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At COP29? Join this side event tomorrow where we tackle one of the most thorny aspects of the #ClimateCrisis. No community *wants* to abandon their home, but if itās a last resort, how to plan a relocation in a dignified way? What role can human rights guardrails play?
š¢ Happening at @COP29_AZ: How to align planned relocations with human rights-based approaches in the context of #climatechange and disasters? Find out at our event tomorrow: š
15 Nov 2024 š13:00-14:00 šBlue Zone, A1
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RT @CommsEarth: šPlanned #relocations reduce communitiesā risk of future #coastal #floods, but they do not eliminate it entirely ā especialā¦
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RT @profjmcadam: In contemplating movement in the context of climate change and disasters, we need āculturally sensitive approaches that maā¦
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RT @_martinacat: š¢ š NEW RESOURCE: explore our new #IDP Law & Policy Dashboard, showing trends and making domestic laws and policies on #prā¦
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RT @m_yonetani: NEW study: #Displacement across borders- Review of literature, legislation & case law to protect persons displaced across bā¦
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RT @RPearshouse: āPlanning a relocation is about much more than just rebuilding housesā¦ Itās about access to education; itās about access tā¦
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Today we honor Blas Lopez, a Guna Indigenous leader who walked the talk of community-led, rights-respecting #climateadaptation. Tragically, he passed days after his community was given keys to their new, safer homes: a dream he'd worked towards since 2010.
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RT @DDisplacement: āPlanned relocation in the context of disasters and climate change is already happening around the world and this is expā¦
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Mark your calendars: Join the Special Rapporteur @PaulaGaviriaB, @DDisplacement and cosponsors for a conversation on rights-respecting planned relocation in the context of disasters and climate change on 21 June in Geneva & online. More here:
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RT @RPearshouse: Great news on the planned relocation of Gardi Sugdub in Panama: āTime is of the essence: as climate change accelerates, tā¦
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RT @keesvdgeest: š¢š¢Out now: Our paper highlights 3 fundamental tensions in #ClimateChange-related #PlannedRelocation: 1) conceptualizationsā¦
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RT @profjmcadam: The @KaldorCentre Principles on Climate Mobility are now published in the International Journal of Refugee Law https://t.cā¦
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Gardi Sugdub provides a glimpse into what an Indigenous community-led, government-supported planned relocation as climate adaptation can look like, but there are lessons to be learned. Panama should draft a policy to safeguard rights in future relocations.
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RT @ElliotSmithCph: "The Panamanian government is doing more than most governments around the world in supporting a community-led planned rā¦
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RT @_martinacat: Very important ruling recognising the #displacement of people due to #disasters and effects of #ClimateChange, the existinā¦
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RT @MyrtoTilianaki: Great piece on Panama's unmet promises regarding the Gardi Sugdub planned relocation & the need for a national policy tā¦
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RT @PaulaGaviriaB: šØ Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to my thematic report on climate change and internal displacement for the 56tā¦
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RT @DDisplacement: Don't miss these conversations with the SR HR IDPs on planned relocations in the context of disasters and climate changeā¦
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