Localised sea level rises?, page-26

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    Yes you are absolutely right! But see my piece above ... Clearly Kiribati is rising at a rate nearly equal to the net rise in sea level. But no we are all going to be climate refugees ...

    'My life is in danger in Kiribati'

    6 November 2015 Last updated at 00:01 GMT
    Ioane Teitiota waged a four-year battle to become the world's first climate change refugee.
    But in September, New Zealand rejected his claim and deported him back to his native Kiribati.
    He says he fears for his life because his house will be flooded. And he says his children already have boils and lesions on their skin because of the contaminated groundwater.
    The BBC caught up with him in Kiribati.
 
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