With apologies for the delay, here are the slides from Professor Claire Brunel’s October 19 presentation on climate change and internal migration.
Key takeaway: A 10% increase in air temperature is associated with an 8.8% increase in migrant flows, controlling for road infrastructure and a variety of other factors. This is significant, especially in light of the fact that Brazil had more than 6 million cross-state migrants between 2006 and 2010 alone.
