Tuesday 3 October 2017

Global warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees' by 2050 | Environment | The Guardian

Global warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees' by 2050 | Environment | The Guardian

Climate refugees of cyclone Nargis
 People displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up by their tents for a visit from UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in 2008 in Kyondah, Myanmar. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
Global warming will force up to 150 million "climate refugees" to move to other countries in the next 40 years, a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) warns.
In 2008 alone, more than 20 million people were displaced by climate-related natural disasters, including 800,000 people by cyclone Nargis in Asia, and almost 80,000 by heavy floods and rains in Brazil, the NGO said.

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