3. UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM OF
CLIMATE MIGRATION
Increased
temperatures
and drought
risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor
that
incentivizes
migrants to
move
Causes
political
changes and
resource
strain (Erol
2019)
4. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
INCREASED INCENTIVE FOR
MIGRATION
DIMINISHING OF RESOURCES
NECESSARY FOR MIGRATION
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC
Push factor that
incentivizes migrants to
move
Causes political changes and
resource strain (Erol 2019)
5. INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL MIGRATION
Internal Migration External Migration
https://www.cdc.gov/usmexicohealth/index.html
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/us_migration_map_v6.pdf
Within a Country Between Countries
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor that
incentivizes migrants to
move
Causes political changes and
resource strain (Erol 2019)
6. IMPACTS OF
EXTERNAL
MIGRATION
• Can cause strain on public
infrastructure and resources
(Cottier 2015)
• Perceived economic threat
(Cottier 2015)
• External Migration has
become an important
political issue (Cottier 2015)
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor that incentivizes
migrants to move
Causes political changes
and resource strain (Erol
https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-i-stay-or-can-i-go-now-longer-term-impacts-covid-19-global-
migration
7. IMPACTS OF
INTERNAL
MIGRATION
• Can fuel political changes
(Erol 2019)
• Increased resource strain
(Erol 2019)
• Income sorting (Erol 2019)
• Can lead to rising housing
prices (Erol 2019)
https://archive.curbed.com/2018/4/4/17198384/real-estate-study-migration-united-sta
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor that incentivizes
migrants to move
Causes political changes
and resource strain (Erol
8. RESEARCH GOAL
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor that incentivizes
migrants to move
Causes political changes and
resource strain (Erol 2019)
Characterize internal
climate migration in
the US
Develop a model to
predict future climate
migration
Identify places to
invest in migration
mitigation and
adaptation
9. RESEARCH GOAL
Increased temperatures
and drought risk (IPCC 2022)
Push factor that incentivizes
migrants to move
Causes political changes and
resource strain (Erol 2019)
Characterize internal
climate migration in
the US
Develop a model to
predict future climate
migration
Identify places to
invest in migration
mitigation and
adaptation
16. DUST BOWL
• Dust Bowl of the
1930s also linked
to net-
outmigration in the
affected regions
due to crop failure
and stress on
livestock (Long 2018)
(McLeman 2006)
(Long et al, 2018)
18. IMPACTS OF
DECLINING
CROP YIELDS
• A 1% decrease in
crop yields leads to
a 0.17% net
reduction of the
population through
migration (Feng 2012)
(Feng et al, 2012)
19. RESEARCH
GAP
• Previous research on internal
migration in the US has
primarily focused on either
specific regions or historical
events
• No research on current
countrywide internal migration
in the US
20. • Study internal migration in the
US in response to increased
temperature and drought
PROPOSED
RESEARCH
IDEA
22. DATA SOURCES
• Internal migration
data - Federal Reserve
Bank of New
York/Equifax
Consumer Credit
Panel (CCP)
• Extreme Heat data from
database created by UC
San Diego researchers
• Drought data from the
Evaporative Demand
Drought Index for the
US (DeWaard 2019)
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
23. DATA SOURCES
• Internal migration data
- Federal Reserve Bank
of New York/Equifax
Consumer Credit Panel
(CCP)
• Extreme Heat data
from database
created by UC San
Diego researchers
• Drought data from the
Evaporative Demand
Drought Index for the
US
https://sabenz.users.earthengine.app/view/urbanheatusa
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
24. DATA SOURCES
• Internal migration data
- Federal Reserve Bank
of New York/Equifax
Consumer Credit Panel
(CCP)
• Extreme Heat data from
database created by UC
San Diego researchers
• Drought data from
the Evaporative
Demand Drought
Index for the US
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
25. CORRELATE TIME SERIES
• Standardize values of migration, temperature and
drought
• Correlate the temperature and migration data and
drought and migration data for each location by
creating a linear regression model
• Check for lagging effects
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
26. T-TEST FOR SLOPE
•Analyze significance of linkage through a t-
test for the slope
•Does increased drought/temperature lead to
increased or decreased net-migration?
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine
Significance
Areas of Interest
27. AREAS OF
INTEREST
• Southwest –
Worsening drought
and increasing
populations
• New York City –
Coastal city with
urban heat island
effect https://dafi1637.blogspot.com/2018/03/united-states-map-
southwest.html
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
28. AREAS OF
INTEREST
• Southwest –
Worsening drought
and increasing
populations
• New York City –
Coastal city with
urban heat island
effect
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/nyc_heatisland.ht
ml
Gather Data Correlate Data Determine Significance Areas of Interest
30. PROPOSED CONCLUSIONS
• Extreme heat and drought could be potential drivers of future
migration
• Mitigation strategies to reduce the impact of drought and extreme
heat could reduce the number of migrants
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-10/documents/extreme-heat-guidebook.pdf
31. POTENTIAL
IMPACT/FUTURE
WORK
Better understanding of how people are
migrating in relation to climate
Improved ability to predict future migration
shifts caused by climate change
Invest resources in adapting to and
mitigating climate migration
Reduce resource strain and overcrowding
caused by increased flow of migrants
32. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Cottier, Fabien, & Salehyan, Idean.. Climate variability and irregular migration to the European Union. Global
Environmental Change, 69 (C)
• DeWaard, Johnson & Whitaker: Internal migration in the United States. Demographic Research Volume 41, Article 33,
Pages 953-1006
• Erol, Isil; Unal, Umut (2021) : Internal Migration and House Prices in Australia, MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in
Economics, No. 13-2021, PhilippsUniversity Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Marburg
• Missirian A, Schlenker W. Asylum applications respond to temperature fluctuations. (2017) Science. 2017 Dec
22;358(6370):1610-1614.
• Nawrotzki, Raphael & Hunter, Lori & Runfola, Daniel & Riosmena, Fernando. (2015). Climate Change as Migration
Driver from Rural and Urban Mexico. Environmental Research Letters. 10. 114023.
• Feng, Shuaizhang & Oppenheimer, Michael & Schlenker, Wolfram. (2012). Climate Change, Crop Yields, and Internal
Migration in the United States.
• Acosta, R. J., Kishore, N., Irizarry, R. A., & Buckee, C. O. (2020). Quantifying the dynamics of migration after Hurricane
Maria in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51), 32772-32778.
• Long, J., & Siu, H. (2018). Refugees from dust and shrinking land: Tracking the Dust Bowl migrants. The Journal of
Economic History, 78(4), 1001-1033.
• McLeman, R. (2006). Migration out of 1930s rural eastern Oklahoma: insights for climate change research. Great Plains
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Editor's Notes
Migration movement of people
Push factors: Economic struggles and violence
Pull Factors: Economic opportunities and political freedom
Climate can affect migration and we know the climate is worsening in many aspects through the rise in greenhouse gases that is causing global warming.
Climate Change can cause an increased incentive for migration by causing economic harm through the increased temperatures and drought risk. However, at the same time this economic harm can cause a diminishing of resources necessary for migration.
Climate change can cause people to either move internally or externally.
Climate migration can either occur internally or externally.
As explained on the previous slide climate change can cause a decline in resources necessary for migration and since internal migration is cheaper it could be more responsive to climate change than external migration. However most research has focused on external migration.
Since it has become an important political issue most climate migration research has focused on external migration.
However Internal migration has important effects as well. Internal migration is often not seen as an issue like external migration however internal migrations has meaningful efffects
When it comes to the US in particular tates of Texas, Georgia, and Arizona where much of the shift towards the democratic party has been linked to the influx of people into the state from other areas of the US..
Before I characterize migration within the US it is important to look at the previous research that had been conducted
Temperatures in middle east and Africa – asylum applications to the Eu
Increased duration of above average temperature in emxxico led to an increased probability of migration to the us
When it comes to internal migration in the US much of the research has focused on historical events
Puerto Rico
The Dust Bowl refers to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
When it comes to more general migration within the US
Determined that crop yields would decline as a result of climate change due to the rising temperatures and drought severity.
Only looked at the impact of decling crop yields not the other health/economic effects that increased temperature and drought severity could have.
Go through each of the data sources and highlight the data. Source details and show a visual representation of the data on the the right
Go through each of the data sources and highlight the data. Source details and show a visual representation of the data on the the right
All record data for each county
Model….. Where each data point records the migration data and the temperature/drought data for the location for a set period of time
Lagged migration effects caused by temperature and drought
Flow chart – data sources flow chart
NYC picture change the text on the left
UHI is an effect where cities experience higher temperatures than the surrounding areas due to the retention of heat by the materials of the city