Climate-related partial relocation in Fiji impacts the wellbeing of those who relocated and those who stayed differently

Link, Ann-Christine, Piggott-McKellar, Annah, Nakoro, Elia and Oakes, Robert, (2025). Climate-related partial relocation in Fiji impacts the wellbeing of those who relocated and those who stayed differently. Nature: Communications Earth & Environment, n/a-n/a

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    Author Link, Ann-Christine
    Piggott-McKellar, Annah
    Nakoro, Elia
    Oakes, Robert
    Title Climate-related partial relocation in Fiji impacts the wellbeing of those who relocated and those who stayed differently
    Appearing in Nature: Communications Earth & Environment
    Publication Date 2025-05-21
    Place of Publication London
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Start page n/a
    End page n/a
    Language eng
    Abstract Climate change threatens habitability, leading communities to relocate out of sites of high exposure. Partial relocations, whereby only a portion of the community relocates, are understudied but increasingly common as relocating in one move is not always possible nor necessarily desired. Drawing on two climate-related partial relocations in Fiji—one community-driven, currently underway, and one government-assisted, undertaken ten years ago—we use Q Method to explore subjective wellbeing outcomes and identify shared narratives across the two communities. We find that partial relocation continues to strongly shape the wellbeing and lives of individuals, even ten years after relocating, and highlights different outcomes between those who relocated and those who did not. We argue that these shared narratives are strategic tools that can be drawn upon to understand nuanced experiences, shape people-centred policies, and, ultimately, inform relocation efforts that are more just, effective, and sustainable.
    UNBIS Thesaurus CLIMATE CHANGE
    FLOODS
    FIJI
    Keyword Planned relocations
    Habitability
    Copyright Holder Springer Nature
    Copyright Year 2025
    Copyright type Creative commons
    DOI 10.1038/s43247-025-02357-3
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