Climate-fuelled disasters forced an estimated 20 million people per year -one person every two seconds- to leave their homes and communities, being thus the first cause of internal displacement over the last 10 years, a study conducted by the organization Oxfam, released earlier this month, revealed. “Today, you are seven times more likely to be internally displaced by cyclones, floods, and wildfires than by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and three times more likely than by conflict,” according to the research. The study titled ‘Forced from Home: Climate-fueled Displacement’ shows that climate-related disasters rose from around 200 per year in 2008 to over 1,500, a decade later.
— source telesurenglish.net | 10 Dec 2019