ABSTRACT
Every year millions of people are forced to leave their homes in times of disasters linked to natural hazards and effects of climate change. This chapter describes the wider context of the Nansen Initiative, as well as the process leading up to the endorsement of the Protection Agenda. It analyses key conceptual issues that underline the Agenda. The chapter discusses the effective practices identified within the Agenda to protect cross-border disaster-displaced persons and measures to manage disaster displacement risk in the country of origin. Disaster displacement creates an obvious challenge not only for affected people and their countries, but also for the international community. The Nansen Initiative, drawing its name from the June 2011 Nansen Conference and thus highlighting the continuity of the process, was launched in October 2012. The Protection Agenda recognises the protection of Internally Displaced Persons as particularly important as most disaster displacement takes place within countries.
