IOM: Climate Disasters Triggered 29.9 Million Displacements Worldwide in 2025
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The organization said approximately 29.9 million displacement movements were recorded in 2025 as a result of storms, floods and other disasters, exceeding the average for the previous 10 years. It noted that many people were forced to flee more than once, with each displacement movement counted separately.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same IOM announcement on 2025 climate-disaster displacement, with different framing but no conflicting facts.
22m agoAlso reported by wafa.ps (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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