Join our COP 31 Panel: Social Justice Issues Affecting Marginalised Communities and Community Development Responses

Join our COP 31 Panel: Social Justice Issues Affecting Marginalised Communities and Community Development Responses

As global leaders gather in Türkiye this November for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31), marginalised communities face the sharpest end of the climate crisis every day, from severe weather and lost livelihoods to forced displacement and injustice. These impacts are a key concern for community development practice.

Join us on 11th November for our upcoming panel event, Social Justice Issues Affecting Marginalised Communities and Community Development Responses, to explore how rights-based community development practice has a clear role to play in supporting communities to collectively take action on these issues and advocate for socially just responses.

Event Details:

• Date: 11th November 2026, 4pm - 5.30pm Glasgow (GMT), 11am - 12.30pm Ottawa (EST), 7pm - 8.30pm Nairobi (EAT)

• Location: Online (link provided following registration)

Speakers & Topics:

• Evalyn Tennant, Co-Founder and Steering Group Member, Climate, Migration and Displacement Platform (CMDP)
  
  Human Rights Approaches to Climate-related mobility: Avoiding forced displacement, enabling people to stay, or to move, in safety and dignity

• Holly Scheib, IACD Trustee, and Director of Community Development at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
  
  Indigenous-led Planning for Climate Adaptation

Following the panel event, we will be producing a statement reflecting the key concerns and asks as part of COP31.