"Who Are Climate Migrants And What Can The World Do For Them?"

"Climate crisis drives mostly internal displacement. Number of climate displaced people set to rise. Most are likely to migrate to cities."

"DHAKA - With 2024 set to become the hottest year on record, growing climate extremes mean some places around the world will become uninhabitable and that could lead to mass migration.

Some 26 million people were internally displaced by disasters such as drought or floods last year and if the climate crisis is left unchecked, about 216 million people could be internal climate migrants by 2050, according to the World Bank.

Here is what you need to know about the complexities of climate migration."

Md. Tahmid Zami reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation December 18, 2024.