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Rising sea level to submerge 17 percent of Bangladesh by 2050

Dhaka, Sep 14 (UNI) Close to 17 percent of Bangladesh could be submerged by the rising sea level by 2050.
Addressing the 48th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet quoted a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that in Bangladesh 20 million people will be deprived of their homes by 2050 due to the rising sea level. Worldwide at least 1.2 billion people could be displaced due to rising sea levels by 2050.
According to the WEF Bangladesh had the third largest number of over 4 million people displaced from their homes due to disasters in 2019.
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