IOM: 30 Million Displaced by Climate Disasters in 2025
The International Organization for Migration warns of worsening displacement driven by climate disasters, announcing that about 30 million displacement cases were recorded during 2025, amid a wide gap between the needs of developing countries and international funding allocated for climate change adaptation.
The International Organization for Migration has warned of the widening risks of displacement linked to climate disasters, amid a rise in storms and floods and a decline in funding allocated to address the repercussions of climate change, stressing that millions of people are now at risk of losing their homes in the coming years.
The organization’s Director General, Amy Pope, said climate disasters had caused about 30 million displacement cases to be recorded during 2025, noting that delays in investing in climate adaptation measures are pushing more families to leave their areas of residence.
Pope’s remarks came on the sidelines of the opening of the United Nations Climate Conference “COP31” in the Turkish city of Antalya, where she called for moving beyond an emergency disaster response policy toward long-term investments that curb the effects of climate change and protect the most vulnerable communities.
She explained that developing countries will need annual funding of up to $365 billion by 2035 to adapt to climate change, while international public funding allocated for this purpose did not exceed $26 billion during 2023.
The UN official stressed the need to increase climate funding and direct it straight to the most fragile communities, warning that the continued gap between financing needs and available resources will double the numbers of those affected and displaced by climate disasters in the coming years.
