Climate change and migration to Europe
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Event description
Description
The LSE European Institute, LSE Institute for Global Affairs, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Embassy of France in the United Kingdom and the European Commission Representation in the UK are pleased to invite you to:
Climate change and migration to Europe
Speakers:
Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice
Prof Neil Adger, Professor of Human Geography, University of Exeter
Alain Le Roy, Secretary General of the European External Action Service
Alain Le Roy, Secretary General of the European External Action Service
Chair:
Prof Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Wednesday 18 November, 18.30-20.00
Venue: LSE, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
This event is free and open to all, however registration is required via Eventbrite.
Please note that places are limited.
How to get to LSE
Following a summer which has seen huge migration flows into Europe from neighbouring regions, this public event will look at the role played by climate change in this mass movement of peoples.
Mary Robinson (who will be speaking in her role as President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice) will give initial remarks. Alain Le Roy, Secretary General of the European External Action Service and Prof Neil Adger of the University of Exeter will discuss how climate change, through its impact on economic, social and political factors which drive migration, is creating new challenges for fragile populations.
With less than a month to go before the Paris climate conference opens, and in the context of the ongoing migrant crisis, this event is an opportunity to hear from experts on one of the most pressing issues of our times.
The event is the last in a series of Franco-British bilateral conferences being held in the run-up to the COP21 summit in Paris in December.
Individual presentations from each speaker will be followed by a discussion and an audience Q&A session. The event will be followed by a wine reception.
We very much hope to welcome you to this event!
Organiser European Institute, LSE
Organiser of Climate change and migration to Europe
The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) was established in 1991 as a dedicated centre for the interdisciplinary study of processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector. The LSE European Institute has been a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since 2009.
