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Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures

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The narrative that certain areas will inevitably become uninhabitable owing to sea-level rise is powerful, yet may silence important debate about alternative climate adaptation futures. In particular, populations with low emissions and funding capacity should have their narratives centralized in adaptation.

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  1. Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia

    Carol Farbotko & Taukiei Kitara

  2. Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    Ingrid Boas

  3. Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands

    Ruben Dahm

  4. Institute for Climate Indigenous Knowledge, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji

    Tafue Lusama

  5. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Tearinaki Tanielu

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Farbotko, C., Boas, I., Dahm, R. et al. Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 750–751 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01733-1

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