PARIS — Are we all potential climate migrants? Natural disasters triggered 26.4 million new internal displacements across 148 countries and territories in 2023, the third highest figure in a decade, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center’s 2024 Global Report. An additional 7.7 million people remained internally displaced from previous disasters by the end of 2023.
In Europe, Turkey’s 2023 earthquake caused most displacements. For 2024, spring floods in central Europe, northern France, and Spain’s Valencia region could significantly impact movement figures. Globally, floods lead displacement causes, followed by storms and earthquakes.
Sea-level rise (SLR) forces…