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South Pacific climate refugee goes to court

2013-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Living on Earth: Sea level rise could soon make many of small Pacific island nations uninhabitable. Georgetown University Professor Susan Martin tells host Steve Curwood that a man from Kiribati is challenging the international immigration system by seeking refugee status in New Zealand on account of climate change. Transcript CURWOOD: Recently a man from the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati made history. Ione Teitiota became the first person to ask a court to grant refugee status on the basis of climate change....

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'Climate refugee' fighting to stay in New Zealand

2013-10-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he's a refugee suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his remote atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati six years ago for higher ground and better prospects in New Zealand, where their three children were born. Immigration authorities have twice rejected his argument that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his family to return...

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Climate-change refugee from low-lying Pacific island will test argument in New Zealand court

2013-10-01 03:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he's a refugee -- suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his remote atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati six years ago for higher ground and better prospects in New Zealand, where their three children were born. Immigration authorities have twice rejected his argument that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his family to return...

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