climate change refugee, Tag

Impacts of climate change, like rising sea levels, will likely soon force people to abandon their land. Now the new government of New Zealand is considering action. They're thinking about creating an experimental visa category...

Ioane Teitiota from Kiribati in the South Pacific has lost his latest bid to be recognized as the world's first climate change refugee. Since 2010, Mr. Teitiota, 37, has claimed he is the victim of "passive persecution" in...

Australia is facing pressure to accept the status of climate change refugees, as the country is located near many low-lying South Pacific island states and it's the closest land mass that could provide a safe home for those...