The politics of environmental migration and climate justice in the Pacific region

Klepp, Silja; Herbeck, Johannes

doi:10.4337/jhre.2016.01.03

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“…Incorporating the recognition of the effects of uneven power structures in our framework resonates particularly with recent calls by critical environmental migration scholars for greater climate and mobility justice Klepp & Herbeck, 2016;Sheller, 2018). These claim that anthropogenic climate change needs to be considered as an inherently political phenomenon, given that those most affected by the uneven impacts of CO2 emissions are not the emitters themselves.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It “attends to the ways in which […] persons are repetitively mobile, gradually mobile, seasonally mobile and locally mobile” (Gill et al, , p. 305)—and thus also nonmobile at times—rather than focusing exclusively on exceptional life events of long‐distance migration. The mobilities approach also allows for studying how new environmental change‐related im/mobilities intersect with previously established patterns of relative mobility and relative immobility, such as traditional seasonal migration patterns in which part of the household (often men) moves while another remains at home (Farbotko & Lazrus, ; Klepp & Herbeck, ). Furthermore, it attends to how mobilities are configured by immobile infrastructures and institutions (Adey, ; Hannam et al, ), such as the availability of transport infrastructures or state borders shaping how and to where people move and on what networks they need to rely in order to reach an intended destination.…”

Section: A Mobilities Perspective To Environmental Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, empirical research points not only to people's inability (or low motility), but also to their lack of interest in becoming mobile (Adams, ; Farbotko et al, ; Klepp & Herbeck, ; Zickgraf, ). While it is a well‐established theme in the displacement and resettlement literature (see, for example, Cernea, ), this disinterest or reluctance to move has rarely been conceptualized in the literature on environmental change‐induced migration.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A mobilities perspective on migration in the context of environmental change

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Boas

Warner

2019

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Academic, political, and policy debates about the connection between environmental change and human migration have long focused on migration drivers and outcomes, resulting in a limited discussion between the discourses of “desolate climate refugees” and “environmental migrants as agents of adaptation.” These perspectives remain dominant, particularly in policy and media circles, despite academic critique and the recent emergence of more diverse approaches. In this intervention, we contribute to the recent turn in environmental migration research by seeking to better ground and pluralize our understanding of how environmental change and human mobility relate. We do so by offering a mobilities perspective that centers on the practices, motives, and experiences of mobility and immobility in the context of environmental change: When and why do people decide to move—or not to move—in response to environmental changes? How do they cope with migration pressures? Where do they move, under what conditions, and who can or must stay behind? This approach attends to the diverse aspirations and differential capabilities that underlie particular practices of movement or nonmovement, reflecting both individual characteristics as well as interconnections with uneven power relations across local, regional, and global scales. A mobilities approach offers a starting point for an expanded research agenda on environmental im/mobilities. This enables academic analysis and policy discussion of the human (im)mobility‐environmental change nexus to become better attuned to the actual practice and heterogeneous needs of those affected. This article is categorized under: Climate and Development > Social Justice and the Politics of Development Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Values‐Based Approach to Vulnerability and Adaptation

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A mobilities perspective on migration in the context of environmental change

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“…Studies of sea level rise on islands are compelling and sometimes go 'viral' (see for example Albert et al, 2016 and the resultant reporting;Jun, 2016). Linked to the image or idea of sinking islands, there is increasing interest in the potential for migration associated with climate change, which is explored in a growing body of literature (Burkett, 2011;Klepp & Herbeck, 2016). However, while there is risk of inundation, the narrative of islands sinking or disappearing as well as the 'canary in the coalmine' framing can result in an "eco-colonial gaze" (Farbotko, 2010), where island self-determination is undermined by global, academic, or diplomatic attention and representation as a microcosm.…”

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Small island perspectives on climate change

Walshe¹,

Stancioff²

2018

ISJ

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Islands and islanders are often misrepresented in the climate change discourse, oversimplifying their experiences and interactions with climate change. In reality, islands and islanders have far more complex relationships with climate change. This special thematic section presents eight papers that highlight local responses and localized impacts of climate change on islands, reiterating the importance of considering local community perspectives in small island contexts to overcome simplistic viewpoints. Such perceptions and perspectives are increasingly being recognized as offering a valuable contribution to climate change adaptation, particularly to counter the misrepresentation of small islands as vulnerable or passive, and the disregard for the fact that climate change is a global, as well as continual process. This special thematic section further demonstrates that island research is well placed to address the disproportionate concentration of perspectives and opinions of climate change from the Global North and adds to the calls for increased efforts to give a voice to island communities of all kinds.

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“…Kiribati's “Migration with Dignity” policy, championed by former President Anote Tong, positioned international labour migration (among other forms of migration) as crucial to national adaptation planning. The idea of migrating with dignity is a response to an environmental future in which islands are inundated due to sea‐level rise, allowing i‐Kiribati people to leave with skills and other resources to enable easier settlement in new places (see Hermann & Kempf, ; Klepp & Herbeck, ). The “Migration with Dignity” policy underpinned the Government of Kiribati's National Labour Migration Policy (Government of Kiribati, ) and climate change relocation strategy (Office of the President of Republic of Kiribati, n.d.).…”

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Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate

Farbotko

McMichael

Dun

et al. 2018

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Climate change is affecting Pacific life in significant and complex ways. Human mobility is shaped by climate change and is increasingly positioned by international agencies, policymakers, and governments as having an important role in both climate change adaptation and human development. We consider the potential for human mobility to promote adaptation and development among Pacific people in a changing climate. We argue that where Pacific people choose mobility, this should be supported and create opportunities that are responsive to the histories and existing patterns of mobility and place attachment among Pacific Islanders; commence from a position of climate and development justice; and advance human rights and socio-political equity. Transformative mobilities are where mobility, adaptation, and development intersect to achieve the best possible outcomes for cultural identity, human rights, adaptation, and human development goals across scales and in origin and destination sites. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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The politics of environmental migration and climate justice in the Pacific region

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A mobilities perspective on migration in the context of environmental change

A mobilities perspective on migration in the context of environmental change

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Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate

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