PH Participates in Annual Berlin Lecture on Climate Migration

Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega discusses a point during the Panel on Climate Change and Migration at Humboldt University (E. Alejandrino photo)

BERLIN 23 December 2019 — Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega joined a distinguished panel of speakers at the Annual Berlin Lecture of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) of Humboldt University on 03 December 2019.

The 2020 Berlin Lecture on Climate Change and Migration was delivered by a global expert on Migration and Economics Belgian Professor Frederic Docquier, who is also a Research Program Leader (Crossing Borders), a Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), a Research Associate, a National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), a Professor of Economics, and a member of IRES, University of Louvain.

Prof. Docquier’s study analyzes the topic of Climate Change and its impact on agricultural sectors as drivers of migration in Climate Vulnerable Countries in the world, including the Philippines.

Aside from Ambassador Dizon-De Vega, the panel discussion which followed included the Catarina Lobenstein, a member of the German Parliament and former Head of the Green Party Cem Özdemir, and journalist of Die Zeit; and Dr. Tadzio Müller, a well-known Climate Activist of the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung.

Ambassador Dizon-De Vega expounded on the Philippine situation in discussing Climate Change and Migration as well as the efforts of the Philippines and other countries to ensure that the impact of Climate Change is embedded in the discussions on global migration governance.

The panel was moderated by Dr. Herbert Bucker of the BIM before an audience of over 150 academics, climate experts, and students. END

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