When home is lost: From prevention to durable solutions for disaster displacement

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As disasters increasingly force people to leave their homes, displacement is becoming one of the most significant human consequences of risk. Co-organized by UNDRR, the Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism’s (SEM) Migrants & Displaced Persons constituency, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this roundtable will bring together policymakers, practitioners, researchers and other stakeholders to explore how disaster risk reduction can help prevent displacement and support durable solutions when displacement occurs. 

Building on the GP2025 outcomes on disaster displacement, participants will discuss how various approaches and solutions from risk-informed development, resilient housing and infrastructure, social protection, livelihood restoration, anticipatory action, planned relocation, and community-led recovery can help people remain safely in their homes where possible, and rebuild resilient futures when displacement cannot be avoided.