Abstract

The discourse on climate change and migration has shifted from labelling migration merely as a consequence of climate impacts, to describing it as a form of human adaptation. This article explores the adaptation framing of the climate change and migration nexus and highlights its shortcomings and advantages. While for some groups, under certain circumstances migration can be an effective form of adaptation, for others it leads to increased vulnerabilities and a poverty spiral, reducing their adaptive capacities. Non-economic losses connected to a change of place further challenge the notion of successful adaptation. Even when migration improves the situation of a household, it may conceal the lack of action on climate change adaptation from national governments or the international community. Given the growing body of evidence on the diverse circumstances and outcomes of migration in the context of climate change, we distinguish between reactive and proactive migration and argue for a precise differentiation in the academic debate.

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迁移是适应吗？

抽象的

关于气候变化和移民的论述已经从仅因气候影响而贴上迁移标签的标签转变为将其描述为人类适应的一种形式。本文探讨了气候变化和移民关系的适应框架，并强调了其不足和优势。虽然对于某些群体而言，在某些情况下迁移可能是一种有效的适应形式，但对于另一些群体，则导致脆弱性增加和贫困加剧，从而降低了他们的适应能力。与地点变更相关的非经济损失进一步挑战了成功适应的观念。即使移民改善了家庭状况，也可能掩盖了各国政府或国际社会缺乏适应气候变化的行动。