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Climate resilience fund – UNHCR

May 2 , 2024 206 days 423 0
  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched the UNHCR Climate Resilience Fund.
  • It aims to boost the protection of refugees and displaced communities who are most threatened by climate change.
  • For the first time, the Fund will exclusively target financing efforts to protect the most threatened displaced communities, equipping them to prepare for, withstand and recover from climate-related shocks.
  • In 2022, more than 70 percent of refugees and asylum seekers fled from highly climate-vulnerable countries.
  • The UNHCR works to protect more than 114 million people forced to flee their homes globally.

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