I want to put into context the seachange occurring in foreign policy under a #Biden-Harris Administration, and especially as it relates to #climate migration 🧵
Yesterday, @DDisplacement, @Refugees & @UNmigration commemorated the 5th anniversary of the Nansen #ProtectionAgenda, #SendaiFramework & #ParisAgreement. The Deputy Chief of US Mission to IOs in Geneva made affirming statements about re-engagement https://twitter.com/HeadUNDRR/status/1357255860326662146
Hours later, @POTUS released an Executive Order on Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/04/executive-order-on-rebuilding-and-enhancing-programs-to-resettle-refugees-and-planning-for-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-migration/
Executive Order on Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the...

     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., I hereby order...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/04/executive-order-on-rebuilding-and-enhancing-programs-to-resettle-refugees-and-planning-for-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-migration/
Section 6 of @POTUS' EO requests a report on the impacts of #climatechange on #migration, INCLUDING "options for protection & resettlement of individuals displaced directly or indirectly from climate change; mechanisms for identifying such individuals, incl. through referrals"
This is NOVEL. This is HUGE. @POTUS continues to surprise and delight me w/ his bold vision for the United States. Stay tuned for some detailed policy recommendations from @RefugeesIntl coming out this week.
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