Kiribatian Man May Be World's First Climate Refugee in New Zealand

Kiribatian Man May Be World's First Climate Refugee in New Zealand

17 OCTOBER 2013

A man from a Pacific island nation of Kiribati has asked a New Zealand court to let him appeal a decision to recognise him as an asylum seeker and allow him to stay in the country as a climate change refugee.

The world's first "climate change refugee", 37-year-old Ioane Teitota, fled from Kiribita which was identified as the most vulnerable to rising sea levels and other effects of climate change.

Click here to read more: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/514460/20131017/climate-change-global-warming-kiribati-pacific-new.htm#.UmBQE9KKm9U

Source: IB Times

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