climate refugees
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The UN Is Sounding the Alarm on ‘Climate Refugees’
For the first time, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has included climate change in its annual report laying out what events cause refugees to flee. It signals a growing consensus around the risks climate poses, even if it doesn’t change much for the people actually forced to flee their homes after a cyclone…
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Extreme Heat Will Make Parts Of The Middle East And Africa Uninhabitable By 2050
New research shows that temperatures are set to skyrocket in parts of the Middle East and Africa, making human habitation next to impossible. In a region that’s home to 500 million people, that could trigger a climate-exodus of epic proportions.