"It is clear that many current responses to climate-related migration and displacement are not sustainable or fit for purpose. Southey said families often moved to equally high-risk areas, and had little support to improve their resilience and to integrate. Now, because of the frequency of natural disasters and slow onset degradation, we're seeing more and more permanent migration, with many children unable or unwilling to return. "Before, climate change often led to short term displacements and families would go back after the cyclone or flood was over. "It's a perfect storm that we must stop in its path - before it's too late. "The scale of the crisis is huge, and growing fast," said Jacqui Southey, Save the Children New Zealand's Advocacy and Research Director. And it compares to 19 million people displaced internally by such disasters five years ago. The number displaced is three times higher than those who fled conflict and violence. Last year 30 million people were forced from their homes by climate-related disasters, and one third of them were children. The report, Walking into the Eye of the Storm, was released on the eve of the UN COP26 summit and highlighted that climate change-induced migration is here and set to get a lot worse. It warns the increase in climate migration comes with a new risk - that these children and their families may never return home, including thousands in the Pacific.
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