Climate crisis caused almost 30 million internal displacements in the last year in the world

Published at: 04/09/2026 11:52 AM

The climate crisis and the proliferation of extreme weather events caused 29.9 million internal displacements worldwide during 2025, representing an increase of 13% compared to the average of the last decade, as revealed by Telesur's Between Borders program.

The report highlights that floods, droughts and cyclones have transformed forced mobility into the only alternative for survival for millions of families, destroying infrastructure, crops and livelihoods in various regions of the planet.

In the Asian continent, the Philippines led the emergency, accounting for 36% of global mobilizations due to disasters in the last year, while in East Asia and the Pacific the total number of displaced persons reached 19.6 million.

Countries such as China, Pakistan and Indonesia are impacted by massive river floods, irregular monsoons and major earthquakes, phenomena aggravated by rising ocean temperatures that drastically alter rainfall patterns in the area.

For its part, sub-Saharan Africa registered 31.7 million internally displaced people at the close of the period, a figure driven by the convergence of armed conflicts and environmental shocks. Territories in the Horn of Africa and the south of the continent face the longest drought in more than a century linked to the El Niño phenomenon, while severe floods in South Sudan intensify the uprooting of vulnerable communities, in a context where the World Bank projects up to 86 million climate migrants in the region by 2050.

The report emphasizes the climate justice gap, since the populations with the least historical responsibility for the emission of greenhouse gases are those that suffer the most severe impacts and have the least financial resources for adaptation. Faced with this scenario, the analysis concludes that the international response must go beyond emergency humanitarian aid and incorporate real emissions reductions, financing for resilient infrastructure and the consolidation of peace in the affected territories.

Mazo News Team