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

Carol Farbotko, Celia McMichael, Olivia Dun, Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Karen E. McNamara, and Fanny Thornton

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: climate change; displacement; migration; Pacific Islands; transformative mobilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2018-10-05
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Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, September 2018, pages 393-407

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