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'Climate refugees' sue British government for failing to protect homes from climate change - PBS NewsHour [View all]
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. - Aired on 05/21/2024.
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