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FactCheck Q&A: as the climate changes, are 750 million refugees predicted to move away from flooding?

2016-08-04 05:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Conversation: PETER SINGER: That is going to basically inundate every coastal city around the world, including, of course, all Australian major cities are coastal. It is going - estimated to cause something like 750 million refugees just moving away from that flooding. Never mind those who also because refugees because (indistinct) VIRGINIA TRIOLI: Some of those claims are contested, of course? PETER SINGER: Well, they are contested but do you want to take the chance, right? Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp...

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How Many Climate Change Refugees Should America Let In?

2015-11-27 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The United Nations estimates that climate change will create 200 million migrants and refugees throughout the world. How many climate change refugees should America let in? A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week created a firestorm of controversy about how many refugees from Syria should be allowed in the U.S. The House vote, which would further restrict Syrians from entering America, received support from nearly all the Republicans and 47 Democrats, including my Colorado Democratic...

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Scientist predicts mass exodus climate refugees Pacific Northwest

2015-01-01 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Global News: According to several scientists, the Pacific Northwest is one of the safest places to live as far as climate change is concerned. Cliff Mass, an atmospheric science professor from the University of Washington, predicts the Pacific Northwest will be one of the best places to live as the earth warms from Global Warming. He foresees a mass exodus of climate change refugees. On his blog , Mass details why so many people may be "forced" to move, and why the Pacific Northwest could fare better than...

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Australian Treasury chief Martin Parkinson says climate refugees inevitable

2014-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson has told an audience in Washington it appeared inevitable that Australia would have to resettle climate change refugees in the coming decades. Dr Parkinson had just given a speech about international economic co-operation at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies when an audience member from Fiji asked a question that deftly linked two of the Australian government's most sensitive issues - climate change and refugee policy. He wanted to know what role...

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Kiribati climate refugees fighting to stay in New Zealand

2013-10-02 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: A Kiribati couple and their children have left their island home for New Zealand, seeking refuge from rising seas - and the fate of their immigration case could shape the future for thousands of other climate refugees. We told you last year that the 100,000 people who live on the low-lying Pacific Ocean archipelago are desperately seeking new homes, with waves already submerging some of its 32 carol atolls. Now, attention has turned to the case of a 37-year-old and his wife and kids who are seeking...

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