Karachi, Dhaka to receive 5.4m climate migrants by 2050: UN

• UN-ESCAP report estimates urban population of Asia-Pacific region to rise by 1.2bn
• Govts in the region asked to boost climate cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate mig­rants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds.

Of those 10 cities, Karachi and Dhaka, projected to receive the most extreme influx of climate-induced migration...