SOUTH PACIFIC : Climate Change Refugees Look to Australia, N.Z.

By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Sep 1 (IPS) - With the apparent effects of global warming already being felt among Pacific island nations, Australia and New Zealand are being urged to do more to prepare for ‘climate change refugees’. "In Tuvalu and Kiribas we’re already starting to see the effects of king tides and storm surges on the coastline, but in particular, on people’s crops," says Damien Lawson,... [read full story]