“Migrating when the islands die” a CEE-M’s contribution published in Dialogues Économiques

1 December 2023

“Will the tropical islands soon be wiped off the map, swallowed up by rising seas? From the Caribbean to the Pacific, sandy beaches and coconut palms are slowly slipping beneath the sea. Soon, these paradisiacal landscapes will be nothing but distant memories. For those who live there, their entire lives will be under water. According to economists Cassin, Melindi-Ghidi and Prieur, these populations will have little choice but to migrate.”.