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Record-Breaking Temperatures are an Urgent Reminder to Protect Refugees & Migrants

Record-Breaking Temperatures are an Urgent Reminder to Protect Refugees & Migrants

The individuals facing the worst consequences have played no part in creating this climate crisis. Adequate protection must be provided to individuals made vulnerable and exposed to climate hazards such as extreme temperatures, including by introducing mobility pathways for affected communities and providing funding to countries for the losses and damages caused by climate change in order to develop adequate infrastructure and help build livelihoods for refugees, displaced persons and migrants worldwide.

Temperature Rise, Increased Droughts Will Cause Widespread Loss & Displacement in Middle East & Beyond

Temperature Rise, Increased Droughts Will Cause Widespread Loss & Displacement in Middle East & Beyond

Human migration due to droughts in particular will increase by at least 200% throughout the rest of the 21st century, according to a recent study published in International Migration Review. The Stony Brook University team worked from 16 climate models and social science data to generate their predictions, focusing on two scenarios. In an ‘optimistic’ scenario, in which countries live up to their Paris Agreement commitments, the percentage increase in drought-induced migration stands at 200%. In a pessimistic scenario, based on current energy use and emissions, that number has the potential to reach a staggering 500% increase.