Appeal in NZ climate change refugee case
A KIRIBATI plans to argue in the New Zealand Supreme Court that his family's health is at risk if they return to the low-lying island nation.
A KIRIBATI man seeking to become the world's first climate change refugee plans to file an appeal to New Zealand's Supreme Court, his lawyer says.
IOANE Teitiota would argue that his family's health is at risk if they return to low-lying Kiribati, which suffers from rising sea levels and water supplies that are contaminated by salt and sewage.