Samar, Philippines 鈥� Asia
People everywhere are being affected by the growing climate crisis, with many people鈥攖hose who have contributed little to the crisis鈥攁lready experiencing the loss of life and basic human rights.
Marinel Ubaldo lives in a coastal community in the Philippines and has lived through many typhoons, including 2013鈥檚 Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. The disasters have left her with loss.
鈥淚 lost friends, relatives, our house, our livelihood, our possessions,鈥� Ubaldo said. 鈥淲e are being deprived of our basic human rights, including our right to a safe environment.鈥�
Each year, more people are being displaced because of drought, extreme weather events and other natural disasters caused by climate change. Experts say the scale of human displacement has grown year over year, from 19.2 million in 2018 to 24.9 million in 2019 and 59.1 million people in 2021.
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鈥淢ore people are being displaced by climate change than armed conflict, although in many cases, the two are closely linked.鈥�
鈥擨an Fry
Special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
59.1 million people
displaced听in 2021听due to extreme weather events made worse by climate change
20 major economies (G20)
are responsible听for 80% 听of global emissions, yet small island, developing states and least-developed countries combined account for only about 2% of those emissions
3.3 billion people
are highly vulnerable to climate change
