SAEDNEWS: Climate-related disasters and conflicts have uprooted millions worldwide, the United Nations has cautioned, as world leaders prepare for this year’s annual climate change conference.
The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report, published on Monday to coincide with the launch of the 30th annual UN Climate Change conference (COP) in Brazil, that weather-related disasters caused about 250 million people to flee their homes over the past decade.
The migration agency issued its second major report on the effect of climate change on refugees – No Escape II: The Way Forward – in the run-up to COP 30, as it appears that the enthusiasm of countries to agree action to curb climate change continues to ebb.
“Over the past decade, weather-related disasters have caused some 250 million internal displacements – equivalent to over 67,000 displacements per day,” the report said.
The UNHCR added that climate change is also increasing the difficulties faced by those displaced by conflict and other driving forces.
“Climate change is compounding and multiplying the challenges faced by those who have already been displaced, as well as their hosts, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected settings,” it continued.
Floods in South Sudan and Brazil, record heat in Kenya and Pakistan, and water shortages in Chad and Ethiopia are among the disasters noted in the report.
The number of countries facing extreme exposure to climate-related hazards is projected to rise from three to 65 by 2040.
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