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Hunger nearly tripled in five of these countries over the same period

“Climate injustice is rife. From the scores dying from scorching heat in Bangladesh to the thousands forced to flee floods in Pakistan, it is the most vulnerable people – and those least responsible for the climate crisis – who are bearing the brunt, while rich polluting nations continue to do too little too late to help them.”

Nuzhat Nueary, Water Insecurity and Climate Policy Coordinator
Oxfam

“With no crops or income families have been forced to move, some multiple times. Those who are left behind live with constant fear about the future, as cycles of consecutive disasters have depleted all their resources, exhausting their last ability to cope.”

Zerin Ahmed, Senior Programme Officer
Oxfam in Bangladesh
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Notes to editors:
  • Oxfam ranked the 10 countries with the largest water-disasters displacement based on the number of forced internal displacements (people can be displaced multiple times) by “floods” and “droughts” during the period (2013-2023) according to the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD). The total number of displacements in those 10 countries combined was 3,588,827 in 2013 and 7,909,369 in 2023, which is 120.38% increase. Source: Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) 
  • According to GIDD, last year 3.4 million people were displaced by droughts and floods. Source: GIDD
  • Oxfam calculated hunger rates for Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and Somalia based on the Acute Food Insecurity Classification (IPC) in 2013, and on 2023 IPC data of the 2024 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). For Ethiopia, data was based on Government of Ethiopia estimates for acute hunger for 2013 , and the GRFC 2024 for 2023. 
  • The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges, as well as, its readiness to improve resilience. Somalia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Pakistan are among the lowest-ranked countries in that index. 
  • The Deyr season in Somalia, is the second, shorter rainy season between October and December) every year. 
  • Somalia’s carbon emissions figures are based on IGAD 15th Progress Report of the Resilience Project in Somalia.
  • Somalia’s Loss and Damage data are based on the “Rapid post-disaster needs assessment of Somalia Deyr floods 2023" report and the World Bank’s “Somalia Drought Impact & Needs Assessment” report. 
  • Since the 1970s, 44% of all disaster events have been flood-related. Source: IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report
  • Bangladesh contributes only 0.56 per cent to global greenhouse gas emissions, it ranks the seventh most vulnerable nation to the impacts of climate change. Source: UN Bangladesh  Energy Transition and ND Gain Index 
  • In 2023, approximately 1.8 million people were internally displaced in Bangladesh due to floods, cyclones and other storm related events. Source: GIDD as of June 1 2024