Senegal’s Climate Poverty and Migration: the Price of Inaction

Michal Burzynski; Aleksandra Szymanska

Senegal’s Climate Poverty and Migration: the Price of Inaction

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Abstract

We analyse the potential effects of climate change on Senegal’s economy and population movements using a spatially pixellated model of the world economy. Examining scenarios for 2030 and 2050 with a temperature increase consistent with
RCP 7.0 (political status quo) and SSP3 (regional challenges), we aim to understand how Senegal, as a part of the global system, might be affected by these changes (...)

Translated title of the contribution	Réchauffement climatique, pauvreté et mobilité au Sénégal: les conséquences de l’inaction
Original language	English
Publisher	LISER
Number of pages	10
Place of Publication	Esch-sur-Alzette
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2024

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Name	Policy Brief
Publisher	LISER
No.	01
ISSN (Electronic)	2716-7437

Keywords

Senegal
climate poverty
migration
climate change

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