UN refugee agency says three-quarters of displaced people face climate risks

The short version

• UNHCR says nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, about three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards.[France 24]
• More than two-thirds of refugees who returned home in the first half of the year went to climate-vulnerable countries, according to UNHCR.[France 24]
• Weather-related disasters caused over 255 million internal displacements worldwide over the past decade, about 70,000 per day, the agency said.[France 24]
• UNHCR says only 10 percent of global climate finance reaches fragile and conflict-affected countries hosting climate-exposed displaced people.[France 24]

Key facts

• Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, about three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards.[France 24]
• More than two-thirds of refugees who returned home in the first half of the year went to countries highly vulnerable to climate hazards, according to UNHCR.[France 24]
• Weather-related disasters caused more than 255 million internal displacements worldwide over the past decade, about 70,000 per day, according to UNHCR.[France 24]
• UNHCR warns that by 2050, one in three refugee settlements across sub-Saharan Africa could face 100 or more days of dangerous heat each year.[France 24]
• Forecasts indicate severe flooding linked to El Nino could displace up to three million people across Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda by the end of 2026.[France 24]
• Only 10 percent of global climate finance goes to fragile and conflict-affected countries hosting large populations of climate-exposed displaced people, according to UNHCR.[France 24]

Sources

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• Three in four displaced people live in climate danger zones, UN saysFrance 24