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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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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Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures

Nature Climate Change, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(8), С. 750 - 751

Опубликована: Июль 20, 2023

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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Refugees, Displaced Persons, or Economic Migrants?

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 20, 2025

Abstract This chapter examines the collective nature of mobility responses generated in response to climate change. Whether impacted populations are forcibly displaced, relocate preserve livelihoods, or strive remain place, myriad social, economic, political, and biophysical changes that unfold a changing often induce action geared toward ameliorating challenges relocation preserving place-based social cultural ties. Climate-related mobilities difficult categorize within existing migration classificatory systems. further complicates prospects for vulnerable obtain support, protection, capacity exercise self-determination deciding if, when, how move as effects change become more pronounced. takes global perspective with special attention cases Latin America, Southeast Asia, Africa, well Global North.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change and migration: A review and new framework for analysis

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(4)

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2024

Abstract This article presents a new interpretive framework for understanding the implications of climate change migration, and reviews reflects on existing evidence research gaps in light this framework. Most climate‐migration is heavily environment‐centric, even when acknowledging importance contextual or intervening factors. In contrast, proposed here considers five different pathways through which affecting, might affect, migration: short‐term shocks, long‐term climatic related changes, environmental “pull” factors, adaptation mitigation measures, perceptions narratives. reviewing relating to each these pathways, paper finds among other things that shocks may simultaneously increase reduce migration; trends provides weak basis future dynamics; more attention needs be paid three by researchers policymakers alike. Overall, associated review suggest broader migration from outlined IPCC's most recent assessment, many reviews. categorized under: Climate Development Knowledge Action

Язык: Английский

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Contesting crisis narratives amidst climatic breakdown: Climate change, mobility, and state-centric approaches to migration

Frontiers in Sociology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Human mobility in the context of climate change is often identified as one largest future impacts crisis. It assumed by international institutions and national governments that will drive mass migration movements across borders, leading to a prioritization research aims predict aid border security creation policies. This article focuses on knowledge production concerning around climate-related how being produced upholds state-centric approaches management. argues leaving unquestioned name managing mobility, other reproduce inequalities for those who are nexus change. considers alternative conceptions change, including mobilities paradigm decolonial understandings migration, these can shift our analytical focus more holistic migration.

Язык: Английский

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Climate Mobilities and Mobility Justice

Regional Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(2)

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The role of Vanua in climate-related voluntary immobility in Fiji

Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 4

Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2022

People, communities, and regions around the world are being pushed to adapt as climate-related risks increase. Within both policy academic literature, planned relocation of communities is often viewed an adaptation option last resort, given that it can lead losses including attachment place, place-based cultural practices, identity. To date, however, few empirical studies have investigated diverse context-specific reasons for community reluctance relocate. This study aimed examine motivations behind people's decisions remain in locations at risk from climate change. Drawing on ethnographic data fieldwork undertaken 2021 Serua Island, Fiji, this shows how concept Vanua, a Fijian term refers natural environment, social bonds kinship ties, ways being, spirituality, stewardship, used by Indigenous people resist climate-driven relocation. Through exploring local decision-making, contributes small body research voluntary immobility context also discussions “decolonizing change” Pacific perspective while offering strong basis critically addressing mobility scholarship through narratives, values, worldviews. We highlight practice must better integrate understandings avoid potential maladaptation loss damage culture, livelihoods, networks. help develop more appropriate strategies Fiji beyond move, but mobility, warming world.

Язык: Английский

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