More than 113 million displacements of children will occur in the next three decades, estimated the
report released Friday, which took into account risks from flooding rivers, cyclonic winds and floods that follow a storm.Some children, like 10-year-old Shukri Mohamed Ibrahim, are already on the move. Her family left their home in Somalia after dawn prayers on a Saturday morning five months ago.The worst drought in more than 50 years scorched the once-fertile pastures the family relied on, leaving them barren.
and one of the report's authors.Nearly a third, or 43 million of the 134 million times that people were uprooted from their homes due to extreme weather from 2016-21 included children. Nearly half were forced from their homes by storms. Of those, nearly 4 of the 10 displacements were in the Philippines.Floods displaced children more than 19 million times in places like India and China. Wildfires impacted children 810,000 times in the U.S. and Canada.
worked with a Geneva-based nonprofit, the International Displacement Monitoring Center, to map where kids were most impacted.The Philippines, India and China had the most child displacement by climate hazards, accounting for nearly half. Those countries also have vast populations and strong systems to evacuate people, which makes it easier for them to record data.But, on average, children living in the Horn of Africa or on a small island in the Caribbean are more vulnerable.
report said.In estimating future risks, the report did not include wildfires and drought, or potential mitigation measures. It said vital services like education and health care need to become 'shock-responsive, portable and inclusive,' to help children and their families better cope with disasters.
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