In recent years, narratives of the ‘climate refugee’ have abounded within the larger conversation regarding climate change. However, anthropologies from climatevulnerable Pacific Islands—particularly those most targeted by ‘climate refugee’ discourse— have determined that the way many media outlets and policy specialists speak of climaterelated migration is sensationalized, over-simplistic, and unrepresentative of how Pacific Islanders approach the issue. Aimed at illustrating how local context can add necessary nuance to the ‘climate refugee’ narrative, this paper investigates community perspectives on climaterelated migration within a Pacific Island that has not yet been covered in the literature—the Melanesian country of Vanuatu. Based on qualitative fieldwork in Port Vila, Vanuatu, I explore the positions of ni-Vanuatu policymakers and climate activists regarding migration linked to climate change and argue that these be incorporated into policy analyses of climaterelated migration in the Pacific. I find that ni-Vanuatu perspectives reflect an unwillingness to resettle as a result of climate change unless as a last resort, a prioritization of in-situ adaptation measures, and a preoccupation with maintaining cultural and livelihood links should resettlement occur. The implication of these findings is that policies that center these perspectives would allow for community control over movement—including the decision of whether to relocate at all. It will also emphasize prevention and minimization of the circumstances that precipitate climate-related migration. These findings serve as an original contribution to the topic of climate-related migration in Vanuatu—on which no scholarship has been done previously—and as representative of similar island nations.

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“我居住的地方就是我的归属”：太平洋岛国瓦努阿图的社区观点与气候变化和与气候相关的迁徙

近年来，有关气候变化的更多话题都涉及“气候难民”的故事。但是，来自易受气候影响的太平洋岛屿的人类学，尤其是那些以“气候难民”言论为最针对性的人类学，已经确定，许多媒体和政策专家谈论与气候有关的移民的方式都过分煽情，过分简单化，并不能代表太平洋岛民如何处理这一问题。 。为了说明当地背景如何为“气候难民”的叙述增加必要的细微差别，本文研究了文献中尚未提及的太平洋岛国（美拉尼西亚瓦努阿图）对社区内与气候有关的移民的观点。根据瓦努阿图维拉港的定性实地考察，我探讨了瓦努阿图（Ni-Vanuatu）政策制定者和气候活动家在与气候变化有关的移民问题上的立场，并主张将这些意见纳入太平洋与气候有关的移民政策分析中。我发现，瓦努阿图的观点反映了由于气候变化而不会重新定居的意愿，除非作为最后手段，优先考虑就地适应措施，以及在重新定居时优先考虑保持文化和生计联系。这些发现的含义是，以这些观点为中心的政策将允许社区控制迁徙，包括决定是否搬迁。它还将强调预防和尽量减少导致与气候有关的移民的情况。