Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
On November 2, 2021, Duke University Research Scholar Piotr Plewa invited two lead authors of the World Bank's report, Groundswell II, about the effects of climate change on human migration.
The online events discussed what magnitude of internal migration we may expect in the best and worst scenarios in the next thirty years and what actions may governments take to mitigate migration as a result of climate change.
Ms. Kanta Kumari Rigaud, is World Bank’s Lead Environmental Specialist and Regional Climate Change Coordinator in the Africa Region and Viviane Clement, is a Senior Climate Change Specialist in the Climate Change Group of the World Bank.
The webinar was organized by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS) and co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative (AI), the Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES), the Duke University Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC), the Duke Center for International Development (DCID), the Duke University Energy Initiative (EI), the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (NIEPS) at Duke.
On November 2, 2021, Duke University Research Scholar Piotr Plewa invited two lead authors of the World Bank's report, Groundswell II, about the effects of climate change on human migration.
The online events discussed what magnitude of internal migration we may expect in the best and worst scenarios in the next thirty years and what actions may governments take to mitigate migration as a result of climate change.
Ms. Kanta Kumari Rigaud, is World Bank’s Lead Environmental Specialist and Regional Climate Change Coordinator in the Africa Region and Viviane Clement, is a Senior Climate Change Specialist in the Climate Change Group of the World Bank.
The webinar was organized by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS) and co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative (AI), the Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES), the Duke University Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC), the Duke Center for International Development (DCID), the Duke University Energy Initiative (EI), the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (NIEPS) at Duke.
