Question: Which International organisation has predicted that Climate Change could displace 200 to 250 million people by 2050?
(a) World Health Organisation
(b) World Bank
(c) European Central Bank
(d) Asian development Bank
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the World Bank has warned.
- Under the most pessimistic scenario, with a high level of emissions and unequal development, the report forecasts up to 216 million people moving within their own countries across the 6 regions.
- Those regions are Latin America, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific.
- In the most climate-friendly scenario, with a low level of emissions and inclusive, sustainable development, the world could still see 44 million people being forced to leave their homes.
- Sub-Saharan Africa has been identified as the most vulnerable region due to desertification, fragile coastlines and the population’s dependence on agriculture.
BY: AMIT GUPTA