GEOCEP Workshop
July 22-24, 2024 | Villa del Grumello, (Como, Italy)

Currently, about 3.4% of the world’s population is composed of international migrants and global migration is expected to increase due to not only population growth but also the adverse impacts of climate change. Besides climate change’s direct role in the displacement of people (through natural disasters such as floods and droughts), there is growing evidence of strong adverse effects of climate change on economic development, which can ultimately and indirectly result in temporary or permanent migration of people within and between regions. Similar to the movement of people, the movement of goods in the form of trade is subject to the impacts of climate change as it represents a possible mechanism for adaptation to climate change. These dynamics need to be put into the broader context of geopolitical trends affecting international trade patterns, including protectionist industrial policies, supply chain disruptions, and climate policies aimed at reducing emissions through border adjustment measures.

Objectives: through multidisciplinary approaches, the workshop will help advance understanding of climate change impacts on human migration and international trade and the possible interrelations between trade and migration as two alternative means of adaptation to climate change. The workshop aims to identify gaps in research and facilitate reflection on whether climate change will ultimately imply a broader structural transformation in the affected economies.

TOPICS:

• Migration and adaptation
• Data and modelling improvement
• Heterogeneity in responses
• Future migration and implications

FACULTY

• Dr. Christoph ALBERT, Collegio Carlo Alberto of Turin
• Dr. Maria ALSINA-PUJOLS, ETH Zurich
• Dr. Hélène BENVENISTE, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
• Dr. Ingrid BOAS, Wageningen University
• Dr. Marion BORDERON, University of Vienna
• Dr. Bruno CONTE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
• Dr. Christoph DEUSTER, Demography and Migration Unit of the European Commission
• Dr. Joseph-Simon GÖRLACH, Bocconi University
• Dr. Toon HAER, Institute for Environmental Studies of Vrije Universiteit
• Dr. Roman HOFFMAN, Migration and Sustainable Development Research Group of IIASA
• Dr. Raya MUTTARAK, University of Bologna
• Dr. Michele RONCO, European Commission
• Dr. Jacob SCHEWE, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• Dr. Arkadiusz WISNIOWSKI, University of Manchester

Organised by:

• Dr. Cristina Cattaneo, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
• Dr. Soheil Shayegh, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Acknowledgement:

This workshop is part of:

• “Predicting socio-economic impacts of climate change” CMCC scientific program. The program pushes climate research beyond scenarios and climate forecasts, towards impact prediction.
• “Global Excellence in Modeling Climate and Energy Policies” project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 870245.