Climate mobilities: migration, im/mobilities and mobility regimes in a changing climate

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 48(14), С. 3365 - 3379

Опубликована: Май 24, 2022

The discussion on the relation between human mobility and climate change has moved beyond linear exceptional terms. Building these debates, this article, Special Issue Climate Mobilities: Migration, im/mobilities mobilities regimes in a changing that it introduces, conceptualises terms of mobilities. Through concept mobilities, we highlight multiplicity context climate, including interrelations immobilities their interplay with other mobile flows, such as ideas, information, or risk. We furthermore delve into politics defining regimes, implications for justice among those whose is impacted by regimes. argue research to pay more attention acts resistance against dominant voluntary re-emplacements challenge mass migration frames imposed relocation policies. articles issue empirically examine dimensions, reflecting plurality its politics, each analysing how evolve situated cultural political context.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change-immobility nexus: perspectives of voluntary immobile populations from three coastal communities in Ghana

Climatic Change, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 178(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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How well can we predict climate migration? A review of forecasting models

Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5

Опубликована: Янв. 4, 2024

Climate change will have significant impacts on all aspects of human society, including population movements. In some cases, populations be displaced by natural disasters and sudden-onset climate events, such as tropical storms. other gradually influence the economic, social, political realities a place, which in turn how where people migrate. Planning for wide spectrum future climate-related mobility is key challenge facing development planners policy makers. This article reviews state migration forecasting models, based an analysis thirty recent models. We present characteristics, strengths, weaknesses different modeling approaches, gravity, radiation, agent-based, systems dynamics statistical extrapolation consider five illustrative models depth. show why, at this stage development, are not yet able to provide reliable numerical estimates migration. Rather, best used tools range possible futures, explore dynamics, test theories or potential effects. research implications our findings, need improved data collection, enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration, scenarios-based planning.

Язык: Английский

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Lessons learned and policy implications from climate-related planned relocation in Fiji and Australia

Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 5

Опубликована: Март 2, 2023

Planned Relocation is a form of mobility in response to climate-related shocks and slow onset change. While the primary focus seminal Foresight report on Migration Environmental Change dealt with processes migration displacement, planned relocation was discussed as viable, yet fraught adaptation strategy. Since publication 2011, considerable research into has progressed understanding, part due emerging case study examples globally over last 10 years. The authors this article have undertaken communities across Australia Fiji who initiated processes, varying degrees completion success. As Research Topic—Climate Policy Connections: Progress Report—in we look back at lessons that emerged from report, provide key insights our experiences, well through drawing broader literature, doing so offer learned, policy for these regions, beyond. This especially relevant given context two nations: Australia, country experienced severe fires flooding events few years, which raised important questions around role may play future national discussions planning, buy-back schemes occurring country; Fiji, forefront globally, 800 listed need by Government numerous cases completed, emerging. Primary findings indicate: there are people choosing remain sites exposure despite plans, making notion “voluntariness” essential; potential be successful option if strong participatory governance; think broadly holistically needs livelihoods effected planning; longitudinal studies track implications impacts (both positive negative) long term.

Язык: Английский

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Ten new insights in climate science 2023

Global Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Abstract Non-technical summary We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability implications overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for rapid managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future contribution sinks, (5) intertwinedness crises biodiversity loss change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility face risks, (9) adaptation justice, (10) just transitions food systems. Technical The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides scientific foundation international negotiations constitutes an unmatched resource researchers. However, assessment cycles take multiple years. As to cross- interdisciplinary understanding diverse communities, we have streamlined annual process synthesize significant advances. collected input from experts various fields using online questionnaire prioritized 10 key insights relevance. This year, focus on: overshoot urgency scale-up joint governance accelerated amidst present succinct account these insights, reflect their implications, offer integrated policy-relevant messages. science synthesis communication effort is also basis report contributing elevate every year time United Nations Conference. Social media highlight – more than 200 experts.

Язык: Английский

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Ten new insights in climate science 2022

Global Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 5

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2022

Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from climate–health nexus, (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use finance, losses damages, inclusive societal decisions ways overcome structural barriers accelerate mitigation limit global warming below 2°C. Technical synthesize 10 topics research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) aspects soft hard adaptation; (2) emergence regional hotspots impacts human vulnerability; (3) horizon – some involving plants animals; (4) need anticipatory action; (5) security climate; (6) management a prerequisite land-based solutions; (7) finance in private sector political guidance; (8) urgent planetary imperative addressing damages; (9) choices climate-resilient development (10) how Social media Science has evidence them avoid adaptation across multiple fields.

Язык: Английский

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“I can migrate, but why should I?”—voluntary non-migration despite creeping environmental risks

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2023

Abstract ‘Environmental non-migration’ refers to the spatial continuity of an individual’s residence at same place despite environmental risk. Moreover, this is a largely under-researched topic, especially within climate change adaptation discourse, but increasingly coming attention scientists and policymakers for sustainable planning. So far, there exists hardly any conceptual methodical guidelines study non-migration. Considering research gap, paper explores non-migration based on notion that factors livelihood resilience can partly explain decision Here, seen as outcome interactions between societal conditions individual household. These inform decisions (to stay or migrate) taken in case hazard creeping change. Their influence generalises spectrum migration decision-making migrate), which conceptualised by four broad outcomes categorised into voluntary involuntary, non-migrants migrants. This analytical concept operationalised through empirical example southwest coastal Bangladesh. The results suggest Livelihood Resilience Index (LRI) relates nature once they are made. Still, only household’s cannot predict household makes migrate. concludes proposed concept, with its exemplary factors, maybe initial means holistically explore context natural hazards However, remains complex multi-faceted, assessment requires deeper examination various scales.

Язык: Английский

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Unveiling invisible climate im/mobilities: mixed-methods case study of a drought-prone rural area of Kersa, Ethiopia

Regional Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Climate change and non-migration — exploring the role of place relations in rural and coastal Bangladesh

Population and Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 44(1-2), С. 99 - 122

Опубликована: Май 21, 2022

Abstract Of growing research and policy interest are the experiences of people living under conditions climate change–induced environmental stress, which either unable to migrate (sometimes described as a ‘trapped population’) or seemingly unwilling do so ‘voluntarily immobile’). This paper problematises expands upon these binary categories: examining complex dimensionality non-migration form place relations, explored through qualitative study rural coastal Bangladeshi communities. Through 60 semi-structured interviews individuals from four communities in Kalapara region, analysis proffers qualitatively derived inter-related dimensions voluntary involuntary framed relations. These concern following: (1) livelihood opportunities, (2) obduracy, (3) risk perceptions, (4) social-structural constraints, with interplay between elements explaining diverse non-migratory experiences. In our analysis, ‘place obduracy’ is introduced concept describe differential speed change socio-cultural adaptation responses explain Our discussion provides insight into how best support non-migrant people’s adaptive capacity face emergency.

Язык: Английский

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Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 53(9), С. 1262 - 1266

Опубликована: Июнь 7, 2024

The planned relocation of communities away from areas climate-related risk has emerged as a critical strategy to adapt the impacts climate change. Empirical examples around world show, however, that such relocations often lead poor outcomes for affected communities. To address this challenge, and contribute developing guidelines just sustainable processes, paper calls attention three fundamental tensions in processes: (1) conceptualizations habitability; (2) community consultation ownership; (3) siloed policy frameworks funding mechanisms. Drawing on collective experience 29 researchers, policymakers practitioners working context changing climate, we provide strategies collectively collaboratively acknowledging navigating these among actors at all levels, foster more equitable processes outcomes.

Язык: Английский

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