A new report shows that weather related disasters were the primary driver of displaced people in 2020, with almost three-quarters of people internally displaced affected by weather, with storms and flooding the primary peril drivers of this.
In 2020 alone, some 40.5 million people were internally displaced within their own countries, with conflict and violence the cause of just over one-quarter and weather the rest.
Geophysical natural disasters were also a cause of displacement, with 655,000 people internally displaced by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions during the year.
