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Star Theo James prompts more support for refugees hit by environment crisis

Refugees need to be included in climate policy, actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James has said as he heads to COP29 to call for greater assistance for those impacted by the impact of climate change.

James, whose grandfather was a refugee who fled Greece for Syria throughout World War Two, will sign up with the U.N. refugee company and refugee advocates at the environment top in Baku.

The Gentlemen and Divergent actor travelled to Mauritania's southeastern Hodh Chargui region last month, meeting refugees who had actually run away dispute in Mali for a location currently dealing with hardship, restricted access to basic services and climate shocks.

The semi-arid Sahel has actually been hit by increasing weather condition extremes consisting of greater temperature levels and dry spell.

Refugees do not add to the large majority of increasing global temperatures and carbon emissions however they are on the frontline of suffering, James informed Reuters.

In its first environment report released on Tuesday, the UNHCR said 3 out of 4 by force displaced individuals worldwide - 90 million out of 120 million - lived in countries exposed to high to extreme climate change effects.

Now the UNHCR has ... particular information which connects the climate crisis to by force displaced people and the refugee crisis, we need to enhance the message that those two things are totally interlinked, James stated. They will forever be hand in hand and more so in the future.

The summit has been called the climate financing police for its main goal: to agree on just how much money must go each year to helping establishing countries cope with climate-related expenses.

(source: Reuters)