About 90 million displaced people are exposed to drought, floods and severe heat, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a report released on Friday (6 November), according to Reuters, ahead of the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkey.
Nearly three-quarters of forcibly displaced people live in countries at serious climate risk such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the report says. More than two-thirds of refugees who went home in the first six months of 2026 returned to high-risk countries, where they could be displaced again.
About four million people who returned to Syria face water shortages and erratic rain. By 2050, one in three refugee camps in sub-Saharan Africa could see at least 100 days a year of dangerous heat, and camps such as Helawyn in Ethiopia more than 200.
A strong El Nino would add to the risk, the agency warned. Floods could displace another three million people in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda by the end of this year, and parts of Asia face rising risk of drought, flood and cyclones.
Anton Leis Garcia, UNHCR assistant high commissioner for operations, said adapting to climate change has become a matter of survival in these areas, and urged that climate funds reach those who need them most.
Source: Sarabangla
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