Climate change could start forcing millions of Africans out of their homes within the next 9 years, World Bank report warns
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As global warming continues to worsen, the effects of climate change will force people worldwide to migrate to new areas to survive. Africa is expected to be among the hardest hit by climate change, and if actions aren't taken quickly, by 2050 the situation will be so dire that up to 86 million people will have to leave their homes, a new World Bank report found.
For this report, the World Bank, an international development organization that lends money to nations to help improve their standard of living, specifically looked in the West African and Lake Victoria Basin regions of the continent, which are home to millions of people.
The regions, according to the report, have contributed the least to global warming, yet are set to experience "the most devastating impacts of climate change."
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