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Addis Ababa Policy Dialogue: Mobility, Environment and Climate Change

In Africa recurrent droughts, floods, and desertification are increasingly forcing people to move or trapping them in place, yet migration, climate adaptation, and disaster preparedness policies remain largely disconnected.

This two-day high-level dialogue co-organized by the African Union and the Mixed Migration Centre, brings together governments, regional institutions, civil society, and international partners to help align strategies, share evidence, and generate concrete policy recommendations at the intersection of mobility, climate adaptation, and disaster preparedness.

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The aim is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange, to identify challenges, and share good practices, while building the capacity of stakeholders to respond effectively to climate-related mobility issues. The policy dialogue seeks to:

1. Enhance policy coherence by connecting local, national, and regional actors to align strategies on mobility, climate adaptation, and disaster preparedness;
2. Strengthen evidence-based decision-making by synthesizing lessons, best practices, and emerging challenges.
3. Foster coordination for continuous policy dialogues, knowledge exchange, and coordinated action among governments, regional institutions, CSOs, and international partners
4. Explore concrete and actionable policy recommendations for national, regional and development partners.

This initiative is part of the “Managing the impacts of environmental change and conflict on mobility in Eastern Africa through evidence-based inclusive policy dialogue and collaborative actions” (MECMEA) project. MECMEA is made up of a consortium of members led by the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network (HoA-REC&N), and including the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), Association Djibouti Nature, South Sudan Nature Conservation Organization (SSNCO), and PanAfricare Kenya. MECMEA is funded by the European Union and contracted by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), through the Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD) Grant Facility.

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