Climate-fuelled disasters have forced about 20 million people a year to leave their homes in the past decade. 9News
Small island developing states , such as Cuba, Dominica and Tuvalu, are particularly badly affected, making up seven of the top 10 countries with the highest rates of displacement from extreme weather disasters between 2008 and 2018.
"It's always the poorest, the most vulnerable, and women in particular, that are worst affected," Gore, who worked on the report, told CNN.There is more acute risk in those countries where extreme weather and conflict combine, such as Somalia, said Gore. Developing countries are also set to push for support from developed countries through a financial mechanism to deal with loss and damage.
"Nobody has been prepared to talk about money and so that's one of the critical issues that will be on the table in Madrid," said Gore.
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