These are desperate times. We are witnessing the highest level of humanitarian needs since World War II. The numbers are staggering, with 125 million in dire need of assistance. Over 60 million people have been forcibly displaced, and in the last two decades 218 million people were affected by disasters each year.

More than $20 billion is needed to aid the 37 countries currently affected by these mounting issues. Time and time again it has been said that our world is at a tipping point, but now these words are truer than ever before. Unless immediate action is taken, 62% — nearly two-thirds of our global population — could be living in what is classified as fragile situations by 2030.

We’re coming face to face with refugees from war-torn nations and witnessing first-hand the consequences of global warming in our own backyards. The situation has hit home, and we are slowly beginning to understand that none of us is immune to the ripple effects of armed conflicts.

Image: A boy carries food he received in a makeshift migrant camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni, on March 2, 2016, where thousands of people are stranded. (Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP/Getty Images).