Adaptation & Vulnerability pt. 2

Question 1

Where is resettlement already taking place? who said this?

Answer 1

Mekong River, Vietnam
Limpopo River, Mozambique
De Sherebin et al. (2011)

Question 2

What are some potential temporary strategies to care for people affected by climate disasters and who suggested them?

Answer 2

Temporary refugee status (e.g. post Haiti earthquake)
Temporary work visas
De Sherebin et al. (2011)

Question 3

What did Warner and Afifi (2014) suggest?

Answer 3

understanding how individual households manage risks is important for managing adaptation and planning

Question 4

What are direct and indirect environmental drivers of climate migration and who outlined them?

Answer 4

Direct = affecting the hazardousness of an area
Indirect = affecting the economic position and challenges that are encountered by an area
Black et al. (2011)

Question 5

Who outlined 3 recommendations for improving resettlement and what were they?

Answer 5

De Sherebin et al. (2011)

1) Legal frameworks
2) involve both communities and populations in the resettlement process
3) financial mechanisms assisting

Question 6

Which paper outlined the President Tong of Kiribati quote, disregarded the climate refugee definition and use and acknowledged the value of Tuvalu communities specifcally?

Answer 6

Farbotko and Lazrus (2012)

Question 7

Which other papers also disregarded the use of the climate refugee term?

Answer 7

Bettini (2013) and Black et al. (2011)

Question 8

Why do people disregard the climate refugee term?

Answer 8

Because it makes the people who will be affected by climate change seem not valuable in the efforts to relocate and assist them in adaptation. When in fact they are well informed and engaged in the climate change topic because they will be so affected. Also if we use the term ‘climate refugee’ then it makes migration seem as the only option for these communities but there are other strategies that can be put in place which would allow these populations to stay in their homes which is obviously the preferred option for ethical reasons

Question 9

What might be some barriers/problems with migration as an adaptation strategy and who outlined them?

Answer 9

• Rural-urban migration will dominate due to resources scarcity in rural areas. Other migrant clusters will also result a similar strain on resources in those areas.
• Migration from one place to another may not remove the risk as the destination may be just at threat from that risk they were escaping
• Sovereignty issues regarding displaced populations
• Migration might not be an available option for some people, or it may be the only option
  Black et al. (2011)

Question 10

What else did Black et al. (2011) state regarding migration as an adaptation strategy?

Answer 10

That administrative and legal barriers should be removed for facilitating voluntary migration