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3.8 million people internally displaced due to weather-related disasters in India in 2020

 New Delhi: In 2020, more than 3.8 million people were internally displaced, mainly due to weather-related disasters, according to a special report to the United Nations General Assembly, as countries around the world grapple with extreme weather events , from drought to floods. India hosted more than 5 million new refugees, while China and the United States received more than 1.7 million. Ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York this month, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change Ian Fry highlighted how climate change affects or violates the rights of people around the world. change... change. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to New York to attend and address the annual general meeting and climate change is one of India's key tasks this year. The report strongly criticized the lack of commitment from key polluters, saying that G20 members would not be able to meet their inevitable nationally determined contribution obligations based on pre-CO