Skip to main content
JUNE 19, 2023
Are we going to end up killing each other in the face of high temperatures? Without going that far, climate change is already having a serious impact on insecurity. Brazil, infamous for its crime rate, is on the front line of environmental disasters. According to economist Phoebe W. Ishak, between 1991 and 2015, Brazil's severe droughts not only affected farmers' incomes, but also increased the homicide rate.

Read the article on
https://www.dialogueseconomiques.fr/en/article/high-voltage-climate-brazil-when-drought-kills

Latest publications

When France’s Légion d’honneur awards move stock prices: A market signal of political access
Two articles by Stéphane Benveniste (University of Paris 1, CES, AMSE) and Marc Sangnier (Aix-Marseille University, AMSE) published in VoxEU (CEPR) and The Conversation.
The 'Dialogues économiques' magazine No. 6 is online
This issue compiles the 'Dialogues économiques' articles published in 2025.
"Us" Against "Them": Ethnicity in Conflict
Whilst war fractures societies, it can bring about reinforced bonds within the communities it targets. By analysing ethnic conflicts across 36 African countries between 2002 and 2015, economist Matteo Sestito offers an original perspective on the mechanisms that forge identities and strengthen cohesion within the communities it strikes.