DISASTERS WERE responsible for every other person who was displaced in 2022. And in all likelihood, this trend is going to be the new normal in a world that is heating up fast. Assessments show that in recent years, weather-related disasters have displaced more people than conflicts and violence, which have been the dominant reasons historically. This makes climate change the key driver of internal migration of people.
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), the world's leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement and part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which started monitoring data on disaster and displacement flows (excluding drought) in 2018, shows that some 1.6 million people displaced by disasters were in camps or places away from their homes by the end of that year. By 2021, as many as 30.7 million new displacements occurred due to disasters.
The figure rose to 32.6 million in 2022, according to IDMC's latest annual "Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023 (GRID-2023)", released in May this year. GRID-2023 shows that the number of people displaced by disasters in 2022 were much more than the number of people 28.3 million-displaced because of wars and conflicts that year. Disaster displacements in 2022 was 40 per cent higher than in 2021. "Since we collated such data, disaster displacement has been repeatedly rising and also being reported from more countries-in 2022, some 150 countries/territories reported such displacement," says Christelle Cazabat, head of programmes, IDMC.
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A SPRIG TO CARE FOR
Punarnava, a perennial herb, is easy to grow and has huge health benefits
DIGGING A DISASTER
Soapstone mining near Dabti Vijaypur village has caused many residents to migrate.
REVIEW THE TREATMENT
Several faecal sludge treatment plants in Uttar Pradesh suffer from design flaws that make the treatment process both expensive and inefficient
MAKE STEEL SUSTAINABLE
As India works to double its GDP by 2030, its steel industry must balance growth with sustainability. By embracing policies like the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy 2019 and adopting green technologies, India is paving the way for a more sustainable future in steel production
Can ANRF pull off the impossible for India?
Anusandhan National Research Foundation is expected to reorient India's innovation goals but funding issues, old mindsets remain a drag
TROUBLED WOODS
Forests are a great bulwark against climate change. But this is fast changing. AKSHIT SANGOMLA travels through some of the pristine patches of the Western Ghats to explore how natural disturbances triggered by global warming now threaten the forest health
BLINDING GLOW
The science is clear: increased illumination has damaging consequences for the health of humans, animals and plants. It’s time governments introduced policies to protect the natural darkness and improved the quality of outdoor lighting.
GROUND REALITY
What happens when the soil loses the ability to grow healthy, high-yield crops on its own?
GM POLICY MUST BE FARMER CENTRIC
On July 23, the Supreme Court of India directed the Union government to develop a national policy on genetically modified (GM) crops for research, cultivation, trade and commerce through public consultation.
Vinchurni's Gandhi
A 96-year-old farmer transforms barren land into a thriving forest in drought-prone region of Satara
