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Climate crisis leave millions in distress - UN

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin gives a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 13, 2024. [AFP]

Climate change and conflicts have left millions of people across the world in dire straits, with nowhere to run to.

A new UN report has cast a grim spotlight on the intersection of the two - one natural and the other man-made - warning that millions of people in Africa and beyond are at severe risk as climate hazards surge.

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