Conference-Debate “Parlons Migrations”

In the scope of the Conference – Debate organized following the magazine De facto n.36, “Migrations et climat : la fonte des certitudes” by Institut Convergences Migrations, the scientists present addressed the issue of climate migration, a perspective beyond media representations.  The aim of this conference-debate was to examine the link between migration and climate through the case of Senegal and the role of local authorities in France.

This session enabled us to present some preliminary results of HABITABLE project, thereby allowing us to further enhance our expertise and comprehension of the factors influencing population movement in countries highly vulnerable to climate change, both in the short and long term.

Points to take away by François Gemenne:

• Climate-related migration must stop being considered a future risk but a current reality
• There is a need to deconstruct the migration-refugee dichotomy and add the climate pattern as an additional factor.
• No longer raise the spectre of migratory chaos which does not prevent climate inaction but rather an increase in deaths at the borders.
• There is a mismatch between empirical field realities and perceptions of climate-related migration in public debate.

In collaboration with Institut Convergences Migrations/CNRS, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) with Frédéric Ponsot & CARE France.