Erica Bower

Climate Change and Disaster Displacement Ass. Specialist in the Division of International Protection
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Erica Bower is the Climate Change and Disaster Displacement Ass. Specialist in the Division of International Protection at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). In this capacity, she supports UNHCR’s work advancing legal, policy and practical solutions for persons displaced in the context of climate change. She holds degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, and has formerly worked on climate and mobility issues for OxFam, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice, and the Nansen Initiative Secretariat.