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(h/t raining sky) New Zealand has deported a Kiribati man who lost a legal battle to be the first person granted refugee status on the grounds of climate change alone. Ioane Teitiota, 39, has argued that rising sea levels in his homeland meant his family would not be safe there. His lawyer, Michael Kidd, told the BBC: "He's very disappointed obviously, he wants to be back in New Zealand." Kiribati is among several low-lying Pacific nations threatened by climate change-linked problems.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_kiribati.jpg