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ReviewNature communications2025

Prioritizing involuntary immobility in climate policy and disaster planning.

Lisa Thalheimer, Fabien Cottier, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Carolynne Hultquist, Cascade Tuholske, Hélène Benveniste, Jan Freihardt, Mona Hemmati, Pui Man Kam, Narcisa G Pricope and 4 more

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Review in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Lisa ThalheimerInternational Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria. thalheimer@iiasa.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-3586
Fabien CottierCenter for Integrated Earth System Information, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-8993
Andrew KruczkiewiczNational Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2425-7308
Carolynne HultquistSchool of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7770-946X
Cascade TuholskeDepartment of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4806-0462
Hélène BenvenisteDepartment of Environmental Social Sciences, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jan FreihardtDepartment of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-0335
Mona HemmatiLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-0231
Pui Man KamDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-4969
Narcisa G PricopeDepartment of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6591-7237
Jamon Van Den HoekCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8074-0022
Andrew ZimmerDepartment of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7683-8713
Alex de SherbininCenter for Integrated Earth System Information, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
Radley M HortonLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.

Funding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC22K1656National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC23K0528Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) FO999920854Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 185210U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) FA9550-22-1-0282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, populations are increasingly located in areas at high risk of climate change impacts. Some populations lack the agency to move out of harm's way, leading to involuntary immobility. The climate risks these populations face are insufficiently addressed in climate policy and disaster planning. While policy and planning should be data-informed, the lack of appropriate data should not limit governments and institutions from taking action to reduce the risk of involuntary immobility. Incorporating involuntary immobility within the broader sustainable development goals of climate action and safe, orderly, and regular migration may substantially reduce the risk of involuntary immobility.

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Climate ChangeDisaster PlanningHumansSustainable Development

Identifiers

PMID40089500
PMCPMC11910540

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