PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION – UNDP AND UNHCR COOPERATION ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS Multistakeholder Pledge on Leveraging the Humanitarian, Development and Peace (HDP) nexus in Forced Displacement Settings Greater coherence is needed between humanitarian, development and peace actions. At the second Global Refugee Forum, the Government of Japan and UNDP co-led a new a multistakeholder pledge aimed at enhancing the use of HDP nexus approaches in forced displacement situations in pursuit of the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees. The pledge is premised on the understanding that life-saving humanitarian assistance for forcibly displaced people needs to be complemented by development cooperation (to ease pressures on host countries and communities, and enhance self-reliance), and peace-related activities (to build or restore social stabilities and create conditions for returns). The pledge encourages increased collaboration between humanitarian, development and peace actors to address forced displacement situations and complements the Multistakeholder Pledge on Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, in which UNDP is also involved. Further information about the pledge, its implementation and impact is available here. Multistakeholder Pledge on Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention The Governments of Colombia, Egypt, and Norway and the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) launched a MultiStakeholder Pledge on Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention at the second Global Refugee Forum. A total of 112 commitments have been made by a wide range of stakeholders, including UNDP, under three tracks: • • • Inter-UN agency (led by the Peacebuilding Support Office through the UN Peacebuilding Contact Group, a global interagency coordination platform). Intergovernmental under the leadership of Colombia, Egypt and Norway. Regional and sub-regional (through regional or sub-regional bodies and organisations). Commitments focus on the following sub-themes: • • • • • Participation and leadership of refugees and IDPs in peacebuilding processes. National capacity sharing on peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Climate and environmental peacebuilding. Conflict prevention through addressing root causes including enhancing the resilience of communities and livelihood opportunities. Global commitments focusing on elevating forced displacement as a key consideration as part of global peacebuilding policy and programming. Multistakeholder Pledge on Climate action The Government of Ethiopia and UNHCR co-led a multistakeholder pledge on climate action. The pledge aims to increase ambition and implementation of commitments in climate-vulnerable displacement settings. It encourages stakeholders to take actions in three areas: • • • Scaled-up accessible finance. Inclusive climate action laws, policies and plans. Generating a pipeline of projects based on good practice. The pledge starts from a recognition that many of the countries most affected by forced displacement (either as countries where displacement occurs, or as countries hosting refugees) have contributed little to global emissions and yet are being hit the hardest. These countries often have less capacity to adapt, prepare for, and address loss and damage. And forcibly displaced and stateless people, and host communities, are too often excluded from large-scale and long-term climate action. The pipeline of projects which the pledge 24 U N H C R a n d U N D P | PA R T N E R S H I P I N A C T I O N – U N D P A N D U N H C R C O O P E R AT I O N O N F O R C E D D I S P L A C E M E N T A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S