Australia, Dec. 1 -- Climate fuelled disasters were the number one driver of displacement within countries over the last decade, forcing more than 20 million people to leave their homes each year, Oxfam said today.

The contentious issue of financial support for communities that have suffered loss and damage as a result of the climate crisis, including people who have been forced to leave their homes, is expected to take centre stage at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid, Spain, from 02 to 13 December 2019.

Oxfam's briefing 'Forced from Home' reveals that people are seven times more likely to be internally displaced by cyclones, floods and wildfires, than they are by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and three times more likely than by co...