Climate Change Displacement is Happening Now

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Mar 19, 201937:52News & Politics

An estimated 26 million people a year were internally displaced by disasters and hazards between 2008 and 2015. These numbers will just get worse as climate change exacerbates the effects of natural disasters, increasing...

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