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The planet is on fire. The summer of 2023 saw the highest global temperatures on record. Successive heat waves are hitting many parts of the world, from the US to China, while the climate crisis as a whole is causing unprecedented weather events, severe storms and disasters.

Climate migration will inevitably be one of the most important impacts of the climate crisis globally, triggering, as can be reasonably expected, a chain effect due to the mass movement of people. Since 2008, almost 320 million people worldwide were left with no other option but to leave their homelands and move, due to adverse climatic conditions and more frequent climate disasters. In 2020 alone, some 31 million people were displaced by disasters linked to abrupt changes in the condition of the environment and the availability of vital resources.

According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the situation is expected to become worse in the years to come as these numbers are estimated to double by 2050. The World Bank estimates that climate change is expected to force more than 200 million people to flee their homes over the next three decades, unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gasses.

In this dire global context, the Greek Council for Refugees together with WWF Greece have launched a joint research project on the particularly crucial issue of climate refugees. The aim of the project is to analyse the current situation and develop a policy proposal on Europe's response to climate migration and particularly the status of climate refugees.

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