Climate Change Could Create 143 Million Migrants, World Bank Says

#Groundswell report out now! By 2050 #ClimateChange could force more than 140 million people in three densely populated regions of the world to move within their countries. #Learn more→https://t.co/9w3O0OY9Cv pic.twitter.com/acf9xTMWbu

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cnn.com - by Euan McKirdy - March 20, 2018

Tens of millions of people in some of the world's poorest areas could be displaced by climate change in just a few decades, the World Bank has warned in a report.

The report, "Groundswell -- Preparing for Internal Climate Migration," suggests that more than 143 million people across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are at risk of the effects of "slow-onset" climate change.

Droughts, crop failure, and rising seas could force millions to move to other places within their countries to areas that are potentially unprepared for an influx of extra people, the report said.

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