Ian Fry, a former negotiator for the tiny low-lying Pacific nation of Tuvalu which risks sinking due to rising sea levels, started last month as the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change.
Aid agencies say millions of people have been forced from their homes by climate change. However they are not covered by a 1951 Convention on refugees, meaning they have no grounds for seeking asylum under international law. Fry said that changing the convention would likely face resistance but said he would explore other legal avenues, without giving specifics.
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Could he be more specific about which sea levels and by how much averaged over the past 10 years?
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