GENEVA — Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally while worsening the often already 'hellish' conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.
GENEVA — Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally while worsening the often already 'hellish' conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.With international climate talks underway in Baku, the UN refugee agency highlighted how soaring global temperatures and extreme weather events are impacting displacement numbers and conditions, as it called for more and better investment in mitigating the risks.
'We're just seeing more and more and more people being displaced,' Harper said, lamenting a dire lack of the funds needed to support those who flee and the communities that host them.'We are seeing across the board, a hellish situation become even tougher.
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