In 2018 alone 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced by war, persecution and conflict. The most recent number I recall seeing regarding climate change disp

In 2018 alone 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced by war, persecution and conflict. The most recent number I recall seeing regarding climate change displaced estimated 143 million by 2050 which is about 4.6 million a year. While certainly not ideal, it doesn't strike me as a particularly significant increase in overall displacement. So the question is: why would climate displacement have such an outsized impact on civil unrest and global societal breakdown?