Inter Press Service: A rapidly warming planet may soon create a new class of refugees — those fleeing climate change in their homelands. Tuvalu is showing signs of such a dire prospect. The Pacific island nation of some 12,000 people has already appealed to the governments of Australia and New Zealand to open their doors for its citizens to find a new home, states a background note by the secretariat of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appeal stems from the …