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    Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling

    Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection
    by Kate Lyons Pacific editor Jan 20, 2020 3 minutes
    The UN decision relates to the case of Ioane Teitiota, who lived on South Tarawa atoll in Kiribati, one of the most vulnerable nations to climate-related sea level rise. Photograph: Dmitry Malov/Alamy

    It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee has found.

    The judgment – which is the first of its kind – represents a legal “tipping point” and a moment that “opens the doorway” to future protection claims for people whose lives and wellbeing have been threatened due to global heating, experts say.

    Tens of millions of people are expected to be

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