UN: Losses from natural disasters surge over last 20 years
UNISDR, as the office is known, said the reported loss of resources and assets like homes, factories and farms due to more frequent and widespread climate-related disasters rose 151 percent compared to the previous 20-year period.
"There is a very sharp increase in the number of climate-related events, which are actually creating 77 percent of the total direct economic losses caused by disasters," said
Climate-related disasters — such as from the impact of floods, droughts, and heat waves — accounted for
The rest of the total came primarily from tsunamis and earthquakes — so-called geophysical disasters.
The
The report came as the southeastern
The agency cautioned Wednesday that the 1998-2017 figures rely on official reports, so more economically powerful countries are generally overrepresented. Insurance is less widespread in developing countries.
UNISDR's tally is based on confirmed documentation, meaning the
This version corrects that the increase in climate-related disaster loss over the past 20 years, as compared to the previous 20-year period, is 151 percent, not 251 percent.
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