As part of the Ford Institute’s Spring 2015 Speaker Series, guest lecturers Daniel W. Bromley and Susan Martin will be on campus to discuss the implications of climate change at 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9 in Posvar Hall room 3011.

Daniel W. Bromley, Anderson-Bascom Professor of Applied Economics (Emeritus), University of Wisconsin-Madiso. Dr. Bromley will discuss an approach to assess the climate vulnerability of the world’s poorest inhabitants and how he seeks to address African states’ vulnerability in the face of climate change through creating coherent governance structures and protocols.

Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, Georgetown University. Dr. Martin will discuss the ways in which climate change, in combination with other factors, such as poverty and political instability, affects vulnerable populations and causes people to move. In addition to discussing the determinants of migration, she will discuss how migration can serve as an effective adaptation strategy for those affected by climate change and policies needed to reduce potential conflicts between the environmental migrants and host populations.

This event is part of the Ford Institute's Spring 2015 series, "Sustainability Means More Than Recycling: How Climate Change Relates to Peace and Stability.” The series is co-sponsored by the Provost’s Office, the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and the Global Studies Center.