A family shares a meal in Baidoa district， Somalia， on Jan. 20， 2023. (Photo by Abdi/Xinhua)

At least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa had been left displaced within their countries by climate-induced disasters at the end of 2022， a figure that has almost doubled in the past year， a global charity said Monday.

NAIROBI， Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa had been left displaced within their countries by climate-induced disasters at the end of 2022， a figure that has almost doubled in the past year， a global charity said Monday.

Some of these children were displaced multiple times， while others only once， but all remained displaced from home at the end of the year， living in camps， with extended family， or other temporary arrangements， 首页-盈安玉坚果有限公司 said Save the Children， 青铜峡市伙奥羽毛有限公司 a charity organization founded in London， 芜湖市佰拓国际贸易有限公司 citing data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.

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"When children lose their homes，洛阳施迪优进出口贸易有限公司 they lose almost everything: their access to healthcare， 首页-迪奥企零食有限公司 education， food and safety，" said Kijala Shako，饲料添加剂 head of Advocacy， Communications， Campaigns and Media for Save the Children's East and Southern Africa Regional Office， in a statement issued in Nairobi， the capital of Kenya.

 Kenyan President William Ruto (C， Front) and other officials pose for a photo during the first day of Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi， capital of Kenya， on Sept. 4， 2023. (Photo by Joy Nabukewa/Xinhua)

Shako said she hopes that leaders participating in the ongoing Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi would acknowledge that the climate crisis is having a disastrous impact on children's lives and response to children's needs and rights.

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The charity said five failed rainy seasons in Somalia forced about 6.6 million people -- or 39 percent of the population -- into critical levels of hunger.

 Displaced people receive disaster relief materials in Rubavu District， Western Province， Rwanda， on May 4， 2023. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)

The number of new internal displacements throughout the year across sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 due to such disasters was also three times higher than the previous year， with 7.4 million new internal displacements during 2022 compared to 2.6 million in 2021， it said.

Save the Children said climate change is having a growing impact on the African continent， which has the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions of all the world's regions.

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With the El Nino weather pattern taking hold饲料添加剂， causing even more extreme weather events and pushing up global temperatures further， this figure would increase further this year， the organization said.  ■

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