The United Nations revealed in a recent report that nearly 516,000 Yemenis have been displaced due to the ongoing conflict and climate disasters in the country since the beginning of this year.

A recent report issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) revealed that more than half a million people have been displaced in Yemen since the beginning of the year, due to the ongoing and escalating conflict and natural disasters caused by climate change.

The Studies and Economic Media Center (SEMC) and the Yemeni Parliamentarians Against Corruption (Yemen PAC) are organizing a digital symposium today, Monday, entitled: “Climate Change: The Implications of the Disaster and Ways to Confront It.”

A recent international report revealed that food insecurity rates in Yemen have increased by more than one million people this year.

Minister of Water and Environment, Eng. Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi, said that Yemen is the second most affected country by the effects of climate change in the world, and the least prepared country to mitigate and adapt to its effects.

A recent study revealed the negative impacts of climate change and armed conflict on the agricultural sector in Abyan Governorate, indicating that the crop area declined by 38% from 2010 to 2022, which exacerbated the food security crisis in the governorate.