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Kiribati refugee claims climate change crisis prevents him from returning home
A refugee has failed in a bid to receive protected status in New Zealand on the basis his island home is becoming uninhabitable, despite a United Nations ruling saying it’s unlawful to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis.
Megan Woods: 'It's frightening': Climate change - the future is here, what are we going to do about it?
Are we learning the lessons yet that are literally raining down from the sky, flooding our communities and overwhelming the ability of storm-water systems to cope?
Lucie Drummond: The beginning of our new lives?
There's no silver bullet to decarbonise the whole economy; it will require multiple answers, working in tandem.
Joe Biden considers protections for climate change refugees after New Zealand case
No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically because of climate change. President Joe Biden's administration is studying the idea, and climate migration is expected to be discussed at his first climate summit.
The Big Dry: 18 reasons why an Auckland drought became a water crisis
With climate change and population growth, could we not have better predicted and prepared for Auckland's water shortage?