This presentation entitled “Micro-Mobilities as Adaptive Strategies in Climate-Affected Communities in the South Pacific” was given by Professor Andreas Neef for the IASC 2025 Regenerating the Commons 20th Biennial Conference at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA from 16-20 June 2025.

The presentation discusses how climate change impacts human mobility, specifically regarding the Pacific context. Cultural practices in “micro-mobilities” — such as Samoa’s  fa’a-’āigalua tradition of shifting between two residences — challenges the current discourse about what adaptability may look like in the face of climate risks.