Q:How many people are already displaced by climate change?
A:An annual average of 21.5 million people have been forcibly displaced
by weather-related sudden onset hazards each year sinc 2008.
Q:Which regions are most at risk?
A:In general, low and lower-middle income countries have the most displacement linked to disasters,
including in the context of climate change.
Q:What is a “climate change refugee”?
A: It is therefore preferable to refer to climate refugess as
“persons displaced in the context of climate change”.
Q:How many people will be displaced by climate change in future?
A:It is hard to say. What we know is that the extent and severity of displacement often depends on how well countries are prepared and can mitigate the effects.
It's important to help enrironmental refugees because they aren't protected by internatinal refugee laws.
This means that environmental refugees don't receive aid from international groups that aid "normal refugees" (people who must leave their home area for their own safety or survival).