Millions Forced to Migrate because of Climate Change, Numbers to Treble by 2050
Climate Change caused 14 million people in India to migrate in 2020
Over 62 million people in South Asia will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate change-fueled disasters by 2050—a three-fold increase from current displacement figures—unless countries act now to mitigate effects of climate change, stated a report released by Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) and ActionAid International.
“South Asia is already experiencing some of the highest fatalities due to extreme weather conditions. Future projections see South Asia as an ‘epicentre’ of deadly heatwaves, chronic droughts, rising sea levels, and intensified cyclones,” Harjeet Singh, global climate lead at ActionAid told The Citizen. “The severity of such climate related hazards is either directly displacing people or pushing them to migrate at any cost,” Singh said.