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SUMMARY:The future of refugee integration
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (LSE campus)
DESCRIPTION:Monday 15 June 2026 6pm - 7.30pmSpeakersAndrew HarperSir Andre
 w SteerChairProfessor Sandra SequeiraAs climate disasters intensify worldw
 ide and displacement reaches historic levels\, understanding the economic 
 foundations of integration and their fragility in the face of climate shoc
 ks\, has become critical for policymakers everywhere. Join experts on refu
 gee integration and climate policy leaders for a film screening and conver
 sation on how to promote the integration of refugees in an era of climate 
 disruption.The award-winning documentary Community Interrupted follows ref
 ugees and host communities in East Africa as they navigate the fragile pro
 cess of integration in one of the world's most impoverished and climate-vu
 lnerable regions.The film reveals a striking pattern: when economic securi
 ty improves for both refugees and hosts\, social cohesion flourishes\, tru
 st grows\, friendships form across groups\, and communities are willing to
  share resources. But when a devastating cyclone strikes\, destroying live
 lihoods and economic gains\, these hard-won social bonds rapidly unravel. 
 This screening and expert panel discussion explores the global implication
 s of these findings for refugee integration policy.This screening and expe
 rt panel discussion explores the global implications of these findings for
  refugee integration policy. As climate disasters intensify worldwide and 
 displacement reaches historic levels\, understanding the economic foundati
 ons of integration and their fragility in the face of climate shocks\, has
  become critical for policymakers everywhere. Join experts on refugee inte
 gration and climate policy leaders for a conversation on how to promote th
 e integration of refugees in an era of climate disruption.Meet our speaker
 s and chairAndrew Harper is the Special Advisor on Climate Action to the U
 nited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva. He is resp
 onsible for providing strategic guidance\, oversight and expertise to shap
 e UNHCR's response to the climate emergency. Prior to his current tasks\, 
 he was the Director of the Division of Programme Support & Management (DPS
 M)\, where he oversaw programme policy\, planning and management\, as well
  as technical support to field operations. Andrew has led the Innovation S
 ervice in UNHCR and was responsible for leading and coordinating the inter
 national response to the Syrian Crisis in Jordan. Some of the main achieve
 ments included responding to\, at the time\, the largest refugee crisis in
  the world\, the establishment of the Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps\, in
 troducing biometric registration and linking that to the world’s largest
  biometric based refugee cash assistance programme.Andrew Steer is a Profe
 ssor in Practice in the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) and 
 the International Growth Centre (IGC). He is also Distinguished Research P
 rofessor of the Practice in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and t
 he Earth Commons and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic G
 ardens\, Kew. Sir Andrew served\, most recently (2021-2025) as the inaugur
 al President and CEO of the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund\, the world's lar
 gest philanthropy for nature and climate\, investing in systems change acr
 oss nature protection\, food and agriculture\, industrial and energy decar
 bonization\, financial reform\, and the application of AI and big data. He
  was President and CEO of the World Resources Institute (2012-2021). Previ
 ously\, he served as Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank\, 
 Director General at the UK’s Department of International Development\, a
 nd Director of the World Bank in East Asia. He serves on the UK Foreign Se
 cretary’s External Foreign Policy Board\, is co-chair of the World Econo
 mic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Innovative Finance\; and a member 
 of the boards of BRAC\, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet\,
  and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and De
 velopment.Sandra Sequeira is a Professor in Development Economics at the S
 chool of Public Policy at LSE. Her research focusses on migration\, social
  cohesion and building state capacity\, particularly in the developing wor
 ld. She is the founder and co-director of the Centre for Economic Policy R
 esearch’s Research Policy Network on the Political Economy of Migration 
 and she produced the documentary “Community Interrupted”.More about th
 is eventThis event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet run
 ning from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year's Festival explore
 s how existential threats including the climate crisis\, conflict and AI a
 re affecting all parts of the world\, transforming the way and where we li
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