This year saw the highest-ever daily global average temperature — a record that was broken the very next day. Yet for millions of people around the world, these extremes of the climate crisis have long been an everyday reality.
In a report, the International Rescue Committee identified 16 conflict-affected, climate-vulnerable countries around the world that emit less than 3% of all greenhouse gasses and are home to less than 10% of the global population, but nearly half of all people affected by natural disasters in recent years and over 60% of people in humanitarian need.
A deepening climate injustice is being perpetrated against the world’s most vulnerable communities. Despite soaring needs, climate financing per capita for these conflict-affected countries is a third of what other countries received. The status quo approach of climate action risks leaving behind communities already lagging in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals.