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Surviving climate chaos: Shelter in place or flee to safety?

By Erik Curren | January 20, 2014

Yellowknife street

As scientists continue to revise their climate predictions for the worse, it's clear that the time has passed for the world to avoid serious consequences from global warming. With superstorms and floods competing with droughts and wildfires to break records somewhere around the world year-round, the weather is already getting pretty weird. So now, the real question is how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Climate Tagged With: California, Canada, climate refugee, James Lovelock, Jeff Goodell, Miami, Seattle, Texas, Yellowknife

One man’s bid to be recognized as world’s first official climate refugee

By Staff Reports | October 18, 2013

beach in Kiribati

New Zealand case comes as tens of millions across the world are forced to flee their homes because of global warming. A 37-year-old man is petitioning the government of New Zealand to grant him, and by extension his children, asylum as the world's first legally recognized climate refugee. The case is of international significance, as global warming is already forcing tens … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate refugee, Kiribati, New Zealand, Pacific islands

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