“Globally, the World Bank estimates that by 2050, if nothing is done to prevent it, there will be 216 million people internally displaced by climate change, including 19.3 million in North Africa. Some seven percent of people in North Africa — where densely populated coastlines are among the world’s most threatened by rising waters — live less than five metres (16 feet) above sea level, according to the European Institute of the Mediterranean.” 

Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East [AFP]