By 2050, 216 million people will be displaced within their countries as a result of climate change – 105 million will be displaced within Africa. In the Horn of Africa, a catastrophic drought this summer resulted in 3.7 million internally displaced people in Somalia and 4.2 in Ethiopia. But despite the growing prevalence of climate-induced displacement, past UN climate conferences (COPs) have not made major progress in addressing this issue. Can COP27 be a turning point?