Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience

Authors/Creators

• Bishawjit Mallick
• Lori Mae Hunter
• Brooke Ackerly
• Rup Priodarshini
• Ilan Kelman
• Ingrid Boas
• Brianna Castro
• Mathias Czaika
• Bayes Ahmed
• Md Nasif Ahsan
• Mariana Fajardo Arboleda
• Ajay Bailey
• Mucahid M. Bayrak
• Kelsea Best
• Amanda Carrico
• Jamie Draper
• Benjamin Etzold
• Carol Farbotko
• Animesh Kumar Gain
• Tuhin Ghosh
• Jonathan M. Gilligan
• Marco Helbich
• S. M. Labib
• Dora Martins Sampaio
• Mostafa Naser, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
• Kei Otsuki

Author Identifier (ORCID)

Mostafa Naser: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-0216

Abstract

Adaptation to climate change goes beyond the migration–non-migration divide. Families and communities combine mobility with rootedness, drawing on cultural ties, intergenerational learning, and lived knowledge to navigate risks and shape long-term futures.

Keywords

Climate adaptation, mobility and rootedness, cultural knowledge, intergenerational learning, community resilience, environmental change

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

12-1-2025

Volume

15

Issue

12

Publication Title

Nature Climate Change

Publisher

Nature

School

School of Business and Law

RAS ID

88800

Comments

Mallick, B., Hunter, L. M., Ackerly, B., Priodarshini, R., Kelman, I., Boas, I., Castro, B., Czaika, M., Ahmed, B., Ahsan, M. N., Arboleda, M. F., Bailey, A., Bayrak, M. M., Best, K., Carrico, A., Draper, J., Etzold, B., Farbotko, C., Gain, A. K., . . . Van Den Berg, J. (2025). Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience. Nature Climate Change, 15, 1257–1260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02506-8

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