Is South Sudan First Case of Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change?

Is South Sudan First Case of Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change?

 Source, The Conversation published on 10 September 2024 a commentary titled “South Sudan Floods: The First Example of a Mass Population Permanently Displaced by Climate Change?” by Liz Stephens, University of Reading, and Jacob Levi, Institute of International Health, Berlin University of Medicine.  

Floods have engulfed much of South Sudan.  Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from the Sudd due to flooding along the White Nile.  The floods seem to be getting worse each year, raising concerns that many South Sudanese will be permanently displaced.