How Many People Could Be Displaced by Climate Change?

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00:00The UN is warning that millions of people risk being displaced because of climate change.

00:07Willem, can you tell us a little bit more about these concerns?

00:11Absolutely. These are stark warnings from the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR,

00:18warning that they predict that 250 million people have been displaced

00:25due to climate-related disasters over the past decade.

00:30That amounts, according to their estimates, to around 67,000 people each and every day.

00:36They also have strong warnings for the future, what will continue

00:42unless the worst effects of climate change are not addressed.

00:46They warn, according to this new UN report, that nations impacted by severe climate-related hazards

00:52will go from just three nations at the moment to 65 countries by the year 2040.

00:59So some stark warnings there from the UN, really adding to this sense of urgency around this year's COP30.