Climate Induced migration is poised to sharply increase. Does climate migration pose a security threat? (UN Dispatch Blog & Podcast)

UN Dispatch (US) blog produced a podcast on how climate variability is causing massive numbers of people around the world to move–both across borders and within borders. The author poses a series of questions on the relationship between migration and climate. Senior Research Fellow Alan de Brauw participated as a panelist on a special episode of the Global Dispatches Podcast. De Brauw stated, “Thinking from a research perspective. First split the difference between voluntary migration and involuntary migration. Because governments restrict migration, even with the same education, a person can make more or make less depending on where they live. Can voluntary migration be a threat to national and international security? Not really. Beyond relative wages, voluntary migration is about networks, and the ability to find work. Climate change could have something to do with it as well, but not a driving cause.” Republished in the Humanitarian News Blog.