Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In this first teaser video for the research project “Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change in Southeast Asian Coastal Cities”, find out why efforts to adapt to flooding as a result of climate change by relocating residents of informal settlements often fail to improve their lives.

Watch the second teaser video to find out how doing relocation differently could bring more social justice to climate change adaptation, and see the project web page to find out more about this groundbreaking research: unrisd.org/climate-change-coastal-cities