"Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Floods, storms, drought and extreme heat are among the weather conditions driving conflict and displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters such as desertification, rising sea levels and ecosystem destruction, which are threatening food and water security."
"In mid-2025, 117 million people were displaced by war, violence and persecution a dire human rights crisis that the climate emergency is rapidly intensifying. The UNHCR said the climate crisis was a risk multiplier that exposed and compounded existing inequalities and injustices, including the impact of conflict, violence and forced displacement within and across borders."
Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, averaging about 70,000 people per day. Floods, storms, drought and extreme heat, along with slow-onset phenomena such as desertification, sea-level rise and ecosystem destruction, are undermining food and water security and driving displacement. Conflict, violence and persecution displaced 117 million people by mid-2025, with the climate emergency acting as a risk multiplier that intensifies inequalities and compounds forced displacement. The number of countries reporting both conflict- and disaster-related displacement has tripled since 2009. Fragile host countries receive only a quarter of needed climate finance, leaving refugees especially vulnerable.
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