IDMC reports 29.9 million internal displacements due to disasters in 2025

Source:Dialogue Earth

02 — Who / Subject

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

03 — Where / Locus

Global

04 — When / Temporality

May 27, 2026

Verified: May 27, 2026

05 — Why / Core Summary

"Weather-related disasters caused nearly 30 million internal displacements in 2025. East Asia and the Pacific accounted for 59% of the total. Wildfires were a significant driver, displacing 694,000 people."

Conflict Analysis

The data highlights the increasing impact of climate-related disasters on global population movement, though it notes the difficulty in isolating climate change as a single cause.

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This book provides a compelling, on-the-ground look at how climate-driven disasters are forcing internal migration, offering a human-centric perspective on the data reported by the IDMC.

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