Forecast-Based Financing for Disaster Displacement

dirt road and yellow orange dusty sandstorm Somalia region
Date & Time Mar 01 2022 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location Register here to obtain the zoom link
Topics Migration, Refugees Climate Change, Environment, Energy International Development Poverty, Inequality, Opportunity Science, Technology, Innovation
Department Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE)
Speaker(s)
Lisa Thalheimer
Eddie Jjemba
Ezekiel Simperingham
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required

The presentation will discuss how research and humanitarian agencies can support identifying opportunities and challenges utilizing Forecast-based financing to support anticipatory humanitarian action in the context of disaster displacement, sharing key recommendations from an issue brief and a recent publication.

Lisa Thalheimer, postdoctoral research associate at SPIA's Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment, will present with Eddie Jjemba (Red Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Centre) and Ezekiel (Zeke) Simperingham (International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies).