Special Episode: Confronting Climate Migration with Data with Lisa Lim Ah Ken, UN Migration Agency (IOM) & Fawad Qureshi, Global Industry Field CTO at Snowflake
The Data Cloud PodcastShow Notes
In this episode, Lisa and Fawad discuss the impact of climate change on global migration trends, how the UN’s International Organization for Migration provides solutions to enable safe, orderly, and regular migration for those affected by climate change, and how the collaboration with Snowflake assists in streamlining this process through the use of data analytics. Lisa and Fawad dive into their partnership, and how they use predictive modeling and evidence-based policies to identify issues early and target assistance where it’s needed most.
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