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What's happening to the millions of people displaced by climate change?

Weather-related hazards are displacing millions of people globally. The World Humanitarian Summit was a start, but countries need to start dealing with climate refugees.

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A Bangladeshi child displaced by river erosion collects drinking water. Credit: Press Association/Shahria Sharmin.

The World Humanitarian Summit, which concluded last month in Istanbul, aimed to reform the humanitarian system. But that system was created for a climate that no longer exists.

In 2015, disasters and climate change impacts led to the displacement of twice as many people as conflict and violence.