climate refugees
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The world’s first official climate refugees land in New Zealand
New Zealand accepts a refugee family from Tuvalu hoping to escape their sinking island nation.
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Entire nation of Kiribati has to move to avoid rising seas
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is moving up in the world -- but not in the good way. The small country is looking to relocate to higher ground in order to escape rising seas brought on by climate change.
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Poor nations demand stringent emissions deal, unicorns
At the ongoing climate talks in Durban, South Africa, 48 of the world's "Least Developed Countries" demanded that world governments sign an ambitious climate deal. By “ambitious” we mean it commits them to a level of atmospheric greenhouse gases lower than what's currently in the atmosphere. There’s a rider requiring free Pegasuses (Pegasi?) for all […]
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As waves lap at their doorsteps, Alaskan islanders take on climate polluters
In Christine Shearer's book "Kivalina: A Climate Change Story," a tiny community threatened by rising seas takes major coal and oil companies to court.
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Raging storms, rising seas swell ranks of climate refugees
The last decade's destructive storms are a warning: If we can't stabilize the climate, more damage, displacement, and loss lies in the decades ahead.