Climate change and migration from atolls? No evidence yet

People living on low-lying coral atolls are highly exposed to climate change and there is much discussion that climate change is and will increasingly force their migration. This article presents findings from a systematic literature review on climate-change migration in atolls. We found an implicit...

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Published inCurrent opinion in environmental sustainability Vol. 60; p. 101234
Main Authors Mortreux, Colette, Jarillo, Sergio, Barnett, Jon, Waters, Elissa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.02.2023
Subjects
Kiribati
Maldives
Marshall Islands
mobility
Oceania
Pacific
resettlement
small island states
Tuvalu
vulnerability
resettlement
small island states
mobility
Maldives
Pacific
Marshall Islands
vulnerability
Tuvalu
Kiribati
Oceania
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Summary:People living on low-lying coral atolls are highly exposed to climate change and there is much discussion that climate change is and will increasingly force their migration. This article presents findings from a systematic literature review on climate-change migration in atolls. We found an implicit (if not explicit) assumption in the literature that migration driven by climate change is already happening, yet the literature shows no empirical evidence of this to date. The prevailing assumption that outmigration is the only option has meant there is little consideration of local adaptation options in the literature, with little attention to how people living in these places may want to adapt, nor scrutiny of the enabling policies and institutions necessary for them to secure their futures.
ISSN:1877-3435
1877-3443
DOI:10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101234