Tagged: climate refugees

Overshoot and collapse – climate disruption and increasing homelessness - Guest Work

Guest Author • Aug 19, 2016 •

• climate change,
• climate refugees

By Dr George Preddey Two contrasting colour illustrations on the back cover of the NZ Listener (July 2-8) are disquietingly reminiscent of contrasting sketches that appeared in a 1981 report on climate disaster by the Commission For the Future, 35 years ago.    These illustrations and sketches feature the Beehive as in 1981 and 2016 and as inundated later this … Read More

Kiribatian households mull climate migration - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 04, 2015 •

• climate change,
• climate refugees,
• COP21,
• Kiribati,
• migration,
• Nauru,
• paris climate summit,
• refugees,
• rising sea levels,
• sea levels,
• Tuvalu

Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield The Paris climate summit has come too late for Ioane Teitiota from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, who made history when his case for asylum in New Zealand was rejected in September. His claim for protection was based on the effects of climate change. Kiribati president Anote Tong has argued … Read More