2021年6月18日 · Official data on climate refugees is virtually non-existent – this is why they are called the “forgotten victims of climate change.” As the problem of climate change refugees worsens, there is an urgent need to clarify the definition of climate refugees, including comprehensive data on internally displaced persons (IDPs), and create an ...

2019年6月20日 · Climate-induced displacement is on the rise. Last year, climate-related factors resulted in the displacement of around 16.1 million people. It is estimated that, by 2050, between 150 to 200 million people are at risk of being forced to leave their homes as a result of desertification, rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions.

2023年1月13日 · The climate crisis severely jeopardizes the realization of universal health coverage (UHC) in various ways, including by compounding the existing burden of disease and by exacerbating existing barriers to accessing health services, often at the times when they are most needed. Globally, warming of 2-3°C might result in more than 150 million ...

2021年11月15日 · If we want to avert a climate refugee crisis, we need a dual focus on mitigating global warming and putting in systems to support poorer nations to adapt to climate upheaval. In Dhaka’s teeming city slums, Nurjahan Begum is on the frontline of the climate crisis.

2022年11月10日 · Where international organizations falter in their representation and protection of climate migrants, AI can step in to help us better prepare and respond to climate migration as a whole. Yet more collaboration is vital to accelerate its responsible use for humanitarian causes and to expand climate resilience efforts and accessibility measures ...

2021年10月27日 · Climate change is already wreaking havoc across the region and climate shocks disproportionately affect the poorest households with long-term impact on their human capital. In the arid Sahelian strip, temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average , worsening the region's existing issues of droughts, desertification and erosion.

2024年3月7日 · It's important to convey the sense that the majority of refugees live in countries with few resources – poor or middle-income countries. Such focus will be key as crises grow. "Think of Sudan: 7 million people forced from their homes in …

2022年6月20日 · An increasingly complex and ever-growing set of drivers of forced migration, including climate change, are making things worse. Over 11 years ago, we saw the start of what would become a drawn-out conflict in Syria, which has displaced millions of people.

2021年10月21日 · Africa is warming faster than the rest of the world, according to the State of the Climate in Africa report, which identifies key trends and urgent action. The continent could lose all of its glaciers by the 2040s. Climate change is a key driver of food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa.

2022年7月5日 · As detailed in UNHCR’s report, of the 89.3 million people displaced in 2021, 27.1 million were refugees.The International Committee of the Red Cross defines refugees as people who have crossed an international frontier and are at risk in their country of origin, whereas internally displaced people are individuals who have been forced to leave their homes but …