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Taking the Weather with You: Remittances, Translocality, and the Climate Migrant Within

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As climate change becomes more prominent in political discourse, the nature and extent of human mobility in response to it is a question of growing relevance. Yet it is one that poses significant methodological and conceptual challenges. How people move in response to the environment depends upon where it is experienced and what those who experience it have. Furthermore, climate vulnerability is also mobile. Many of the assets—from income to education—that shape the experience of climate are carried alongside any ‘climate migrant.’ From this standpoint, Parsons explores the dynamic interrelationship of mobility and climate, outlining what an egocentric interpretation of the weather can help to explain about human response to the environment.

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Parsons, L. (2020). Taking the Weather with You: Remittances, Translocality, and the Climate Migrant Within. In: Adey, P., et al. The Handbook of Displacement. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47178-1_15

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