Millions may be forced to move as climate change hits South Asia: UN

NEW DELHI: Climate change is threatening livelihoods and forcing people from their homes across South Asia, but technology and government action could help limit the damage, the UN migration chief said on Friday. Rising seas, flooding and drought threaten homes and farmland, Amy Pope, director general of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), said during a visit to New Delhi. In the Himalayas, she pointed to Nepal’s Aug 26 disaster, when a mountain and glacier collapse triggered deadly flooding, where IOM sent humanitarian aid to help. In a worst-case scenario, up to 40.5 million…