2016•11•24     Morocco

Almost 20 million people were displaced from natural disasters in 2015 alone, the majority climate-related. A large proportion of the displaced are children, whether through voluntary or forced climate change related mobility. It is essential to recognize the relationship between climate change, migration and children’s rights, which has so far been largely overlooked in research, program design and policy-making.

Children comprise up to 50 per cent of the population in the Global South, the part of the world which is most affected by the impacts of climate change.

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