Migration due to climate change demands attention
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Typhoons, cyclones, floods and drought are forcing more and more people to migrate. In the past year alone, extreme weather in Malaysia, Pakistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines and Sri Lanka has caused temporary or longer-term dislocation of millions. This process is set to accelerate in coming decades as climate change leads to more extreme weather.
‘No international cooperation mechanism has been set up to manage these migration flows, and protection and assistance schemes ...
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