Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation

Giovanna Gini; Annah Piggott-McKellar; Hanne Wiegel; Friedrich Nikolaus Neu; Ann Christine Link; Claudia Fry; Tammy Tabe; Olumuyiwa Adegun; Cheikh Tidiane Wade; Erica Rose Bower; Sarah Koeltzow; Rachel Harrington-Abrams; Carolien Jacobs; Kees van der Geest; Narjes Zivdar; Ryan Alaniz; Carolyne Cherop; David Durand-Delacre; Melanie Pill; Himanshu Shekhar; Olivia Yates; Md Abdul Awal Khan; Frank Kwesi Nansam-Aggrey; Lauren Grant; Danang Aditya Nizar; Kwame Nitri Owusu-Daaku; Alberto Preato; Oana Stefancu; Merewalesi Yee

doi:10.1007/s13280-024-02035-2

Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation

Giovanna Gini
, Annah Piggott-McKellar^*
, Hanne Wiegel
, Friedrich Nikolaus Neu
, Ann Christine Link
, Claudia Fry
, Tammy Tabe
, Olumuyiwa Adegun
, Cheikh Tidiane Wade
, Erica Rose Bower
, Sarah Koeltzow
, Rachel Harrington-Abrams
, Carolien Jacobs
, Kees van der Geest
, Narjes Zivdar
, Ryan Alaniz
, Carolyne Cherop
, David Durand-Delacre
, Melanie Pill
, Himanshu Shekhar

Olivia Yates, Md Abdul Awal Khan, Frank Kwesi Nansam-Aggrey, Lauren Grant, Danang Aditya Nizar, Kwame Nitri Owusu-Daaku, Alberto Preato, Oana Stefancu, Merewalesi Yee

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The planned relocation of communities away from areas of climate-related risk has emerged as a critical strategy to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Empirical examples from around the world show, however, that such relocations often lead to poor outcomes for affected communities. To address this challenge, and contribute to developing guidelines for just and sustainable relocation processes, this paper calls attention to three fundamental tensions in planned relocation processes: (1) conceptualizations of risk and habitability; (2) community consultation and ownership; and (3) siloed policy frameworks and funding mechanisms. Drawing on the collective experience of 29 researchers, policymakers and practitioners from around the world working on planned relocations in the context of a changing climate, we provide strategies for collectively and collaboratively acknowledging and navigating these tensions among actors at all levels, to foster more equitable and sustainable relocation processes and outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1262-1266
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ambio
Volume	53
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02035-2
Publication status	Published - Sept 2024

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Keywords

Climate adaptation
Climate justice
Climate risk
Disaster risk reduction
Loss and damage
Managed retreat

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Gini, G., Piggott-McKellar, A., Wiegel, H., Neu, F. N., Link, A. C., Fry, C., Tabe, T., Adegun, O., Wade, C. T., Bower, E. R., Koeltzow, S., Harrington-Abrams, R., Jacobs, C., van der Geest, K., Zivdar, N., Alaniz, R., Cherop, C., Durand-Delacre, D., Pill, M. & Shekhar, H. & 9 others, Yates, O., Khan, M. A. A., Nansam-Aggrey, F. K., Grant, L., Nizar, D. A., Owusu-Daaku, K. N., Preato, A., Stefancu, O. & Yee, M., Sept 2024, In: Ambio. 53, 9, p. 1267-1268 2 p.
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Gini, G., Piggott-McKellar, A., Wiegel, H., Neu, F. N., Link, A. C., Fry, C., Tabe, T., Adegun, O., Wade, C. T., Bower, E. R., Koeltzow, S., Harrington-Abrams, R., Jacobs, C., van der Geest, K., Zivdar, N., Alaniz, R., Cherop, C., Durand-Delacre, D., Pill, M., ... Yee, M. (2024). Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation. Ambio, 53(9), 1262-1266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02035-2

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