Timo Schmidt

🎬 Get a view of the Uganda-Kenya simulation exercise on cross-border disaster displacement. Big thanks to everyone involved! @icpac_igad @igadsecretariat @NDMU_Kenya @OPMUganda @DDisplacement @IOMRONairobi @LucyDaxbacher @aamdihun youtu.be/LWGH3vhq_WQ

Global Forum on Migration & Development (GFMD) meeting on Culture, Narratives and Human Mobility at the @Palaisptedoree kicking off - quite the venue!

Reflections from the Mbale disaster displacement simulation exercise 👉 bit.ly/456wO01 Hoping we can have more of these exercises🙌 They are instrumental in bringing together different national and local actors to prepare for & respond to #disaster #displacement.

That’s a wrap! The first ever cross-border #disaster #displacement #simulation exercise in the #IGAD region completed. 👏🏼 to the Govs of Ethiopia and Kenya and thank you Moyale sub-county for hosting us. Asante Sana! Now off to Uganda for an exercise at the Mt. Elgon ranges!

On the way to Moyale-Moyale for a #disaster #displacement simulation exercise between Ethiopia and Kenya at the joint border. Made a quick stop in front of Mt. Ololokwe for a group photo with the Kenyan delegation 🇰🇪 w/ @IgadhealthS @igadsecretariat @IOMKenya @NDMU_Kenya

And finally the report included an interesting graph on where the UK parties position themselves on funding, which is worth sharing for ongoing conversations around #Loss and #Damage Link to report btw is: bit.ly/3zc18Ye

3/6 📈 This data & information is not new, but the challenge lies in converting it into informed decision-making. It reminds me of the DIKW pyramid… and that we’re too slow to get on top of it.

1/6 🌎 #IPCC #AR6: Disaster displacement science is clear. Climate change affects weather & climate extremes, causing adverse impacts, losses, damages, including displacement. Vulnerable communities, contributing the least, face the most harm.

Happening tomorrow w/ a particularly exciting session on disaster displacement risk modelling in the region (I may be biased as I'm moderating😇) Workshop starting at 9am EAT / 7am CET. Risk modelling session at 2:30pm EAT / 12:30pm CET. Join here👉bit.ly/3lcLitg

Mbale, Uganda: Workshop on developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on #admission and stay in #disaster contexts together with the federal, district and local governments, mayor, police, Red Cross etc. convened by @IgadhealthS Excellent facilitation by @LucyDaxbacher 🙏🏼