IOM urges global investment in disaster resilience after record 46 million displaced

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has issued a stark warning, calling for increased global investment in disaster risk reduction and resilience-building. The agency highlights that escalating climate impacts are causing unprecedented levels of displacement worldwide. In a recent press release, IOM pointed to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Beryl in Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines, as a poignant example of the urgent need for preemptive resilience investments.