Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024

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Context:

• Weather-related disasters continue to displace more than conflict and violence

Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024) Overview:

Increase in Internally Displaced People:

• The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) rose to 75.9 million in 2023, up from 71.1 million in 2022.

Trend Reversal in Displacement Causes:

• Historically, weather-related disasters displaced more people than conflict and violence.
• In 2022-2023, conflict and violence became the primary causes of displacement again.

Conflict and Violence:

• By the end of 2023, 68.3 million people were living in displacement due to conflict and violence, the highest since data collection began.
• Countries with the highest numbers of conflict-induced IDPs: Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Colombia, and Yemen.

Disaster-Induced Displacement:

• Disaster-induced displacement was 7.7 million by the end of 2023, with a quarter due to earthquakes.
• Disaster displacement was detected in 148 countries and territories, with significant events across six continents.
• High-income countries like Canada and New Zealand reported their highest figures of disaster displacement.

Weather-Related Disasters:

• Internal displacement due to weather-related disasters decreased by a third in 2023 compared to 2022.
• Despite the dip, weather-related disasters caused 56% of all internal displacement in 2023.
• Weather-related displacement in 2023 was the third highest in the last decade.

Impact of Global Weather Phenomena:

• The decrease in weather-related displacement in 2023 is attributed to the transition from La Niña to El Niño.
• La Niña, associated with more storms and floods, ended, and El Niño, associated with dry weather and droughts, began.
• Storms and floods led to fewer displacements in Asia, but floods in other regions like the Horn of Africa led to high number of displacements.

Regional Analysis:

• South Asia reported its lowest displacement figures in recent years, with 3.7 million internal displacements in 2023, mostly due to disasters (3.6 million).
• The lower displacement figure in South Asia is partly due to El Niño causing below-average rainfall and a weaker cyclone season.

Continuing Displacement Trends:

• Despite fewer overall displacements due to weather-related disasters, floods and storms continued to affect regions with recurrent displacement.
• In 2022, La Niña led to an increase in weather-related displacements by 40% compared to 2021, with 98% of these displacements triggered by floods and storms.I

Previous Trends:

• The three-year-long La Niña from 2020 to 2022 resulted in significant increases in weather-related displacements.
• In 2022, floods were the primary cause of disaster displacements, surpassing storms for the first time since 2016.

Source:

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/weather-related-disasters-continue-to-displace-more-than-conflict-and-violence-96147