基督徒互助會（Christian Aid）日前一篇報告預測，在2050年之前至少有10億人將受到氣候變遷的影響，被迫遷離家園，使當前發生中的全球性遷徙潮更加更化。
基督徒互助會於二戰後成立，目的在於協助處理有關因戰爭造成數以百萬計流離失所人民的問題，而現正持續協助無家可歸的人民與難民。這個英國的慈善組織表示，可與政府當局研討即將到來的危機。
這篇報告巨細靡遺地說明了互助會對於氣候變遷後續影響的擔憂，氣候變遷將迫使10億人民離開他們的家園，這還不包括因地區衝突、天災與大規模發展計劃所造成1億5500萬早已流離失所的人民。
報告中呼籲「需國際社會一同採取緊急行動」，希望能夠阻止這場危機可能產生最嚴重的後果。
基督徒互助會於14日發表的這篇報告，對國際社會發出警訊，全球正面臨有史以來規模最大的難民潮，而這批難民潮大部分來自最為貧困的國家。
At least one billion people will be forced from their homes between now and 2050 as the effects of climate change deepen an already burgeoning global migration crisis, predicts a new Christian Aid report.
Christian Aid was founded at the end of World War II to help deal with the millions of people displaced by the war, and has been helping displaced people and refugees ever since, so the British charitable organization says it can speak with authority about the impending crisis.
The report elaborates on the organization's fear that climate change will displace a billion people in addition to the 155 million people already displaced by conflict, disaster and large-scale development projects.
The report, "Human Tide: The Real Migration Crisis," calls for "urgent action by the world community" if the worst effects of this crisis are to be averted.
Published Monday to mark Christian Aid Week 2007, the report warns that the world is now facing its largest ever movement of displaced people, the vast majority from the world’s poorest countries.
全文及圖片詳見 ENS報導
