Humanitarian crises will prevail due to climate change
2022.12.14 02:45
Humanitarian crises will prevail due to climate change
Budrigannews.com – According to a study conducted by the non-governmental organization International Rescue Committee (IRC), climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2023, adding to the problems caused by armed conflict and economic downturns.
The organization, which is based in New York and is led by David Miliband, a former politician in the UK, pointed out that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance has increased dramatically over the past decade, reaching 339.2 million as opposed to 81 million in 2014.
Despite the fact that only two percent of the 20 countries on the IRC’s emergency watchlist, including Haiti and Afghanistan, contribute to global CO2 emissions, the IRC noted that climate change is one of the main factors accelerating humanitarian crises.
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The report stated, “2022 has demonstrated that the role of climate change in accelerating the global humanitarian crisis is undeniable.”
It cited record-length rainstorms that “brought catastrophic food insecurity to Somalia and Ethiopia” and have killed thousands in Pakistan.
“Proactively invest in climate change prevention and mitigation,” the IRC also emphasized.
According to the report, food insecurity is already widespread as a result of the expanding conflict, the economic crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition, as of November 2022, there is a global deficit of $27 billion that exists between the funding of humanitarian needs and actual needs.
The report stated, “Donors are failing to respond proportionately.” As a result, the crisis-affected communities are unable to obtain the services they require to survive, recover, and rebuild.”
The study, titled “Emergency Watchlist 2023,” also pointed out that Venezuela is one of the main causes of the increase in the number of people forced to flee their homes, which now stands at more than 100 million, up from 60 million in 2014.
