Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies

with a pre-conference on Migration and the Environment

17-19 October 2012 Clermont Ferrand (France)

Programme Overview

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Time Event  
08:15 - 09:00 Registration - Main Entrance Hall - School of Law 41 bd François Mitterrand Clermont-Ferrand - Coffee & Registration  
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome speeches (Michel de l'Hospital) - President of the University of Auvergne, Director of the CERDI, Dean of the School of Economics, President of the FERDI, Conference organisers
 
09:20 - 10:00 Migration and the Environment (Michel de l'Hospital) - Dina Ionesco, IOM - International Organization for Migration (Chair: Johanna Choumert, CERDI School of Economics University of Auvergne)
 
10:00 - 11:15 Migration and Environment. Theory and Empirical Evidence (Michel de l'Hospital) - Katrin Millock, CES CNRS University of Paris 1 (Chair: Hillel Rapoport, Equippe University of Lille 1 & Bar-Ilan University)
 
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break - Main Entrance Hall, School of Law  
11:30 - 13:00 Migration and the Environment (Michel de l'Hospital) - Mathilde Maurel, CES CNRS University of Paris 1 & FERDI  
11:30 - 12:00 › Climatic Factors as Determinants of International Migration - Michel Beine, University of Luxembourg - Christopher Parsons, University of Nottingham (Discussant: Cécile Couharde, EconomiX, University of Paris 10)  
12:00 - 12:30 › The role of remittances in African countries facing climate variability: a Panel VAR Approach - Rémi Generoso (CEMOTEV, University of Versailles Saint Quentin) & Cécile Couharde, EconomiX, University of Paris 10 (Discussant: François Gemenne, IDDRI)  
12:30 - 13:00 › Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific. Final Report - François Gemenne, IDDRI (Discussant: Michel Beine, University of Luxemburg)  
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch  
14:15 - 14:30 Registration - Main Entrance Hall - School of Law 41 bd François Mitterrand Clermont-Ferrand - Registration  
14:30 - 15:30 Tradable Immigration Quotas (Michel de l'Hospital) - Hillel Rapoport, Equippe University of Lille 1 and Bar Illan University, Israel (Chair: François Gemenne, IDDRI)
 
15:30 - 16:30 Migration and the Environment (Michel de l'Hospital) - Simone Bertoli, CERDI School of Economics, University of Auvergne  
15:30 - 16:00 › Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration - Ingrid Dallmann, Ecole d'Économie de Paris - Paris School of Economics (Discussant: Brinda Viswanathan, Madras School of Economics)  
16:00 - 16:30 › Weather Variability, Agriculture and Rural Migration: Evidence from State and District Level Migration in India - Brinda Viswanathan, Madras School of Economics (Discussant: Heman Lohano, Department of Economics and Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan)  
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break, Main Entrance Hall, School of Law  
16:45 - 18:15 Migration and the Environment (Michel de l'Hospital) - Tamer Afifi, UNU  
16:45 - 17:15 › Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity, and Internal Migration in Pakistan - Heman Lohano, Department of Economics and Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan (Discussant: Mathilde Maurel, CES University of Paris 1 & FERDI)  
17:15 - 17:45 › Climate Change and Migration How does climatic change influence the decision to migrate? - Catherine Simonet (FERDI), Patrick Guillaumont (FERDI), Mathilde Maurel, CES CNRS University of Paris 1 & FERDI (Discussant: Tamer Afifi, UNU)  
17:45 - 18:15 › Introducing the ‘Where the rain falls' Project - Tamer Afifi, UNU (Discussant: Katrin Millock, CES CNRS University of Paris 1)  
19:30 - 23:00 Dinner, Pavillon Lecoq - See the Conference Website "Pavillon Lecoq"  
  
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