Climate change could create 250 million to one billion climate refugees
While speaking with reporters at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, Jose Riera, a senior policy advisor for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said that widespread population displacement is likely to occur as a result of climate change. He warned that it is “the elephant in the room” that everyone wants to ignore.
Some predictions state that as many as 250 million to one billion people could be displaced by 2050 as a result of climate change. These displacements will not be limited to people who are directly affected by climate events, such as flooding from rising sea-levels. Instead, there could be widespread indirect effects resulting from these climate changes, including war and famine. In fact, some attribute the war in Sudan’s Darfur region as an example of a situation where climate change (drought) drove an already stressed region over the brink.
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Mandino on
Wed, 10th Dec 2008 5:29 pm
There is already the problem of war in Sudan, and now, there is then the problem of more famine and death. Sigh, I really think that humans would probably meant to be destructed by its own creations. Sooner or later, there would even be more problems greater than climate change that would happen. And more problems will arise from then.
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Mandino P. Cheng
The Emma Academy Project
This project will be building a school there in Sudan. To be built in Leer, Sudan, the school will be fostering the children and at the same time nurturing the minds of the young children there. This school will be for the children of Sudan, keeping them away from the effects of war. This school is in honor of Emma McCune, the angel who saved the WarChild. To help build a school, we would need to support this cause.
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