Adaptive migration: pluralising the debate on climate change and migration

Baldwin, Andrew; Fornale, Elisa (2017). Adaptive migration: pluralising the debate on climate change and migration. The Geographical Journal, 183(4), pp. 322-328. Wiley 10.1111/geoj.12242

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The interaction between environmental change and human mobility is attracting global attention, both in policy circles and in the contemporary literature. This introductory essay proposes using the concept of pluralism to explore the multi-dimensional relationship between climate change and migration and to advance new perspectives and concepts to interpret the emerging theory of adaptive migration. The papers included in this themed section cover diverse issues in this area of research by focusing on the contemporary debate about the ‘migration-as-adaptation strategy’. The papers address six key areas: the role of law in dealing with climate-induced migration, the category of place related to the community of origin and destination, the theme of climate justice and rights, the contribution of international organisations in framing the migration-as-adaptation strategy, adaptive measures developed in the Maldives, and seasonal nomadism in the East Sudan. All are quite different, but all converge in their emphasis on the role of the individual, the migrant, and on whether and how state responses are adequate in the progressive concordance between adaptation and individual capability. This introduction raises a set of salient questions that might catalyse multiple new research trajectories over the coming years.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > World Trade Institute
10 Strategic Research Centers > World Trade Institute

UniBE Contributor:

Fornale, Elisa

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 340 Law
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 380 Commerce, communications & transportation

ISSN:

1475-4959

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pablo Rahul Das

Date Deposited:

21 Nov 2017 13:51

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:08

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/geoj.12242

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BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.107160

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/107160

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