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Climate change refugee bid denied by New Zealand court
2013-11-26 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Pacific Island man's bid to become a climate change refugee suffered a blow on Tuesday after a New Zealand court refused to let him challenge a decision denying him asylum. Ioane Teitiota, 37, had said he was trying to escape rising seas and environmental risks caused by global warming in his home country of Kiribati. But New Zealand's High Court in Auckland ruled that his claim fell short of the legal criteria, such as fear of persecution or threats to his life. Justice John Priestly...
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Climate change could cause huge economic losses to Pacific countries
2013-11-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change could cause countries in the Pacific region to lose as much as 12.7 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. In its latest report titled Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific, the Manila-based lender said the most significant losses would be felt in Papua New Guinea where climate change could trigger a loss of up to 15.2 per cent of its GDP by 2100, reported Xinhua. ADB also projected that the change in climate could...
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New Zealand denies climate change asylum bid
2013-11-26 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The New Zealand High Court has rejected a bid by a man from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to stay in the country as a climate-change refugee. Ioane Teitiota - whose work visa had expired - had said rising sea-levels meant there was no land in Kiribati he and his family could return to safely. The low-lying island nation is vulnerable to climate change. But the judge said environmental problems did not fit internationally recognised criteria for refugee status. "By returning to...
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NY Times' Climate Change Coverage Has Dropped
2013-11-25 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When it eliminated its standalone blog covering climate change and dismantledits special reporting unit on the environment earlier this year, the New York Times promised that its commitment to both topics was as strong as ever. But Margaret Sullivan, the paper's public editor, wrote on Sunday that the Times has not fulfilled that promise in recent months. Sullivan and an assistant found that, in her words, both "the quantity" and "the amount of deep, enterprising coverage of climate change in...
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How rich countries dodged the climate change blame game in Warsaw
2013-11-25 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: After sitting through the final week of the United Nations climate change negotiations in Warsaw, one thing has become abundantly clear. Rich countries are desperate to avoid taking the blame for the impacts of climate change on nations with a lot less money but an awful lot more to lose (like their entire country, for example). More specifically, the developed countries won't let any statements slip into any UN climate document that could be used against them in the future. The 19th...
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