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Chapter10 DisplacementandResettlement: Understanding theRoleofClimate Change inContemporaryMigration AlisonHeslin,NatalieDeliaDeckard,RobertOakes andAriannaMontero-Colbert Abstract Howdoweunderstanddisplacementandresettlementinthecontextofcli- matechange?Thischapteroutlineschallengesanddebates in the literatureconnect- ingclimatechangetothegrowingglobalflowofpeople.Webeginwithanoutlineof theliteratureonenvironmentalmigration,specificallythedefinitions,measurements, and formsof environmentalmigration.Thediscussion thenmoves to challenges in the receptionofmigrants, treating the current scholarship onmigrant resettlement. Wedetail a selectionofcases inwhich theenvironmentplaysa role in thedisplace- mentofapopulation, includingsealevelriseinPacificIslandStates,cyclonicstorms inBangladesh,anddesertificationinWestAfrica,aswellas theroleofdeforestation inSouthAmerica’sSouthernConeasadriverofbothclimatechangeandmigration. Weoutline examples of each, highlighting the complex set of losses and damages incurredbypopulations ineachcase. Keywords Migration · Internaldisplacement ·Resettlement ·Climatechange Naturaldisasters ·Environmentaldegradation ·LossandDamage ·Refugee 10.1 Introduction Howdoweunderstanddisplacementand resettlement in theeraofclimatechange? Scholars,practitioners,andpolicy-makershavebeengrapplingwithwaystoimprove lifeoutcomesforlargenumbersofrefugeesandmigrants. Inparticular, the21stcon- ferenceof theParties to theUnitedNationsClimateConvention(UNFCCC)inParis created a taskforce toworkout recommendations to “avert,minimize, and address A.Heslin (B) International InstituteofAppliedSystemsAnalysis,Laxenburg,Austria e-mail: heslin@iiasa.ac.at N.DeliaDeckard ·A.Montero-Colbert DavidsonCollege,Davidson,USA R.Oakes UnitedNationsUniversity,Bonn,Germany ©TheAuthor(s)2019 R.Mechler et al. (eds.),LossandDamage fromClimateChange,ClimateRisk Management,PolicyandGovernance,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_10 237