Cristina Cattaneo holds a DPhil in Economics from the University of Sussex- Brighton (UK), a Ph.D. in Economics from the Università degli Studi in Milan (Italy), and an MA in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. Cristina is a senior researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), where she coordinates an EU funded project PENNY (Psychological, social and financial barriers to energy efficiency). Her main research interests involve applied econometrics, the economics of migration and energy economics. She published for International Migration Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Resource and Energy Economics, Cesifo Economic studies, World Economy, Economics of Transition, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies and the European Journal of Comparative Economics.

Session VI - Climate Change and Development 27/10/2017 11:45 - 13:15

Inflows and outflows of climate migrants: the impact on local conflict

Migration is an important channel of adaptation where climate change threatens livelihoods
At the same time climate-induced migrants may interact with resources and populations of the receiving regions in a way that gives rise to social unrest. The paper postulates the existence of two potential mechanisms. First, climate-migrant may trigger new conflicts or fuel existing ones in receiving countries. Second, we test if emigration represents an important adaptation strategy to climate change. We find no evidence of climate-induced migration’s influence on the incidence of civil conflicts in destination countries. While we find support to the hypothesis that migration outflows decrease the probability of unrest in countries where warming increases the risks of civil conflicts.
 

Other Speakers in this session:

Aslihan Arslan (IFAD)
Climate resilience in rural Zambia: Evaluating farmers’ response to El Niño-induced drought

Pierluigi Montalbano (University of Rome “La Sapienza” and University of Sussex)
Temperature Shocks, Growth and Poverty Threshold: Evidence from Rural Tanzania

Romina Cavatassi (IFAD)
Diversification under climate variability as part of CSA strategy in Zambia and Malawi