A Yemeni child stands by her family's shelter at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen.
“Millions of children are being driven from their homes by weather-related events, exacerbated by climate change. While the link between climate change and displacement is complex, it’s clearer than ever that the climate is shifting patterns of displacement,” it concludes. The report details how displacement can also disrupt access to education and healthcare, exposing children to malnutrition, disease, and inadequate immunisation.
In absolute terms, China, the Philippines and India dominate with 22.3 million child displacements – just over half the total number – which the report attributes to the countries’ geographical exposure to extreme weather such as monsoon rains and cyclones and large child populations, as well as increased pre-emptive evacuations.
Somalia and South Sudan recorded the most child displacements due to floods, affecting 12 per cent and 11 per cent of the child population respectively.is the first global analysis of the children driven from their homes due to floods, storms, droughts and wildfires, and comes as weather-related disasters are becoming more intense, destructive and unpredictable due to fossil-fuel driven global heating – especially in the global south.
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