
Watch also the whole PANEL C: Migration – And Adaptation Strategy with Political Implications
https://www.ifo.de/econpol/mediathek/2025-05-19/econpol-annual-conference-2025-panel-c-migration-and-adaptation-strategy
EconPol Annual Conference 2025: Adaptation to Climate Change
19 May 2025
https://www.ifo.de/en/econpol/event/2025-05-19/adaptation-climate-change
In this panel, we examine migration as an adaptation strategy to climate change. It has considerable consequences – for both developing and industrialized countries. What economic benefits does migration offer host countries? How can migrants benefit? What conditions need to be created to integrate migrants in destination countries?
Panelists:
Ibrahima Amadou DIA (Director – African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration, African Union)
Francesco LUCIANI (Head of Unit – “Migration & Forced Displacement”, DG INTPA, European Commission)
Orlane Mathieu MAINCENT (Humanitarian Programme Development, Migration & Climate Change/Disaster – IOM, UN Migration)
Panu POUTVAARA (Director – ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics, ifo Institute & LMU Munich; CESifo Fellow)
Moderator: Maithreyi SEETHARAMAN
ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.
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