| 2000 | Apr 21, 2000 - ... ... conjunction with UN agencies to deal with AIDS and other infectious diseases, refugees, narcotics, cross-border crimes and other problems, the draft says. ... For South Pacific islands, climate change is a matter of life or death because rising sea levels will lead to land erosion. ... docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BBAB/lib00590,0F97DA3A59128A08.html
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| 2001 | Aug 16, 2001 - The consequences of climate change for Pacific islands include rising sea levels, destruction of our freshwater sources, more intense storms, loss of crops ... Already the Tuvalu government has asked New Zealand and Australia to accept the entire population as environmental refugees. ... www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-46316466.html?refid=gnews_209
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| 2002 | Oct 12, 2002 - Australian policies on environmental matters, climate change and issues relating to asylum seekers have been serious irritants with the island countries. Australia has been facing an influx of Afghan refugees arriving in boatloads. It is an issue with sensitive domestic political ... www.thehindu.com/fline/fl1920/stories/20021011008305900.htm
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| 2003 | Aug 1, 2003 - Closest to home are the seven million people who live in the Pacific Islands. Although Pacific countries contribute less than one per cent of global greenhouse pollution (2) they are already suffering the lion's share of extreme weather events and other climate change impacts. ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-7542694.html
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| 2004 | Feb 14, 2004 - Another source of refugees, potentially a huge one, is rising seas. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in a study in early 2001, ... PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; December 6, 2005 ; 372 words ...06 DECEMBER 2005 MONTREAL (Pacnews) - Rising seas have forced ... www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-91128128.html?refid=gnews_209
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| 2005 | Dec 2, 2005 - ... ... to combat global warming and rising sea levels, the Carterets' people became the first to be officially evacuated because of climate change. ... The Carterets will join many other Pacific islands that are on the point of being swallowed by the sea, including much of Kiribati and ... www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/dec/02/guardianweekly.guardianweekly11
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| 2006 | Jan 5, 2006 - AUSTRALIA is being pressed to come to the rescue of drowning Pacific islands which face a homeless crisis due to rising sea levels caused by ... which would include Australia establishing an international coalition of Pacific Rim countries willing to accept climate change refugees. ... www.smh.com.au/news/national/sos-call-as-island-nations-go-under/2006/01/04/1136050496795.html
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| 2007 | Oct 3, 2007 - 03 OCTOBER 2007 SOUTHHAMPTON (Pacnews) -----New Zealand's immigration policies leave it well-placed to take in people from Pacific islands who could be flooded out by rising sea levels caused by climate change, Prime Minister Helen Clark says, Stuff NZ reports. ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-33055024.html
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| 2008 | Aug 17, 2008 - Clark and Rudd are scheduled to meet Monday in New Zealand for discussions before the Pacific Islands Leadership Forum, which begins Tuesday. ... "We think there needs to be a special category in our humanitarian program that recognizes the displacement caused by climate change." www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/17/Help-urged-for-climate-change-refugees/UPI-87411218948446/
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| 2009 | Aug 5, 2009 - The seven smallest island nations in the Pacific Islands Forum said deep cuts in emissions are vital as they seek to protect their low-lying ... approaches" to support adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change impacts. They will also seek relocation for climate change refugees. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_au_an/as_pacific_forum_2
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