Radio Australia: They have long been described as climate refugees: the hundreds of thousands of people living on low-lying Pacific islands who may be forced to migrate if rising sea levels leave their homes uninhabitable.
But it is a term Pacific leaders say is loaded with political connotations and does not reflect the true dimensions of the problem.
"They see [refugee] as a negative term that connotes victimhood and people in need of protection by the international community," Jane McAdam, director of the...