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‘Climate refugees’ sue British government for failing to protect homes from climate change

‘Climate refugees’ sue British government for failing to protect homes from climate change

Climate Change

Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to sea erosion. Rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on Britain’s east coast. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

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