[AG + L&DC] Key Messages for COP 31 | Now Published!

Key Messages for COP 31

The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility and the Loss and Damage and the Challenges of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group are very pleased to share with you their “Key Messages on Displacement, Migration,  Planned Relocation, and Immobilities for COP 31”.

Over 90 organisations and individuals have signed onto the messages.

The PDF version of the key messages for COP 31 is here. The webpage is here. The google document version remains accessible here for anyone wishing to translate the messages.

The longer advocacy reference document accompanying the key messages can be found here. This provides further information on what is at stake within the negotiations.

Terminologies Working Group Brief

The first output of the Terminologies Working Group has also been launched: “Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change: An overview of key terms, concepts and dynamics”, a brief which is linked within the overarching principles section of the key messages. Find the PDF here and the webpage here.

Contributors to the brief include: Erica Bower, Sarah Koeltzow, Harald Sterly, Lucy Szaboova, and Evalyn Tennant, with Steven Miron (ed.) who coordinated the work.

Communications Pack

A communications pack has been prepared to help share the messages and this new brief. It contains website texts, covers and images to download, and some example social media posts. Access it here.

PDFs For Each Agenda Item

PDFs dedicated to each agenda item (e.g. mitigation, just transition, adaptation Loss and Damage etc.) have also been created. There are two versions, see this folder for PDFs with just the key messages. See this folder for PDFs with key messages and background information.