Disasters and climate change are a growing concern. Since 2009, an estimated one person every second has been displaced by a disaster, with an average of 22.5 million people displaced by climate or weather-related events since 2008 (GRID 2018).
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN's science advisory board, projects an increase in the number of displaced over the course of this century.
The majority of the people of concern to UNHCR are concentrated in the most vulnerable areas around the world. Climate change will force people into increasing poverty and displacement, exacerbating the factors that lead to conflict, rendering both the humanitarian needs and responses in such situations even more complex. Global Mental Health Institutions: - Santé Mentale Sans Frontières International Neurosciences Research Organization Global Environmental Research Organization International Psychoanalysis Research Organization International Psychology Research Federation International Organization for Neurology, Neurosurgery & Neurotechnology International Federation of the Rorschach and Projective Methods Fédération Européenne des Neurosciences, Psychanalyse et Santé Mentale International Neuroethics Research Foundation International Federation for Neuropsychology, Neuropsychyatry and Neuroimaging
