Laurence Hart, IOM: “Climate change is an emergency, we must deal with the migrations it generates”

When it comes to climate change, one of the most worrying predictions is the impact it will have on people’s lives and their movements. Already today, thousands of men, women and children around the world are forced to leave their homes due to phenomena linked to drought, floods and extreme climatic events. In its latest report, the World Bank describes what could happen in the coming years if radical measures are not taken: by 2050, 216 million people could be internal climate migrants, the institute says, or migrants within the borders of their own country. .