Climate Chaos, Human Solutions

Mapping New Directions in a Mobile World

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Erica Smith University of London, UK ericasmith0507@gmail.com

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Abstract

This article discusses four recently published books1 that join an expanding corpus foregrounding mobility as a key dynamic of life in a heating world. Taken together, these titles construct a more explicit, applied dialogue about the process of producing solutions and policies that combat rising global temperatures. I primarily employ Mimi Sheller's mobility justice framework to identify the intersections between movement, inequality, and environmental justice, and go on to explore what each author proposes in terms of measures going forward. A tension arises between clear-cut solutions that advocate specific mobility strategies, like mass migration, for climate adaptation, and holistic mobility approaches that consider the complex sociopolitical and environmental factors at play. In the spirit of interdisciplinarity, I consider which elements of each approach are worth holding onto to continue to challenge static narratives of global climate resilience.

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Erica Smith is currently completing an MSc in development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her master's thesis project focuses on the discursive construction of “development” in the post-16 geography curricula of UK schools. Email: ericasmith0507@gmail.com

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