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bogfiton Jan 21, 2024 11:42am
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The risk posed by natural disasters continues to increase.
The risk posed by natural disasters continues to increase. This is the fourth edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), which analyses ecological threats in 221 independent states and territories. Produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), the report covers 3,594 sub-national areas which account for 99.99 per cent of the world's population. The ETR assesses threats relating to food insecurity, water risk, natural disasters, and demographic pressure. The ETR data reveals that a significant portion of illegal crossings between 2020 and 2022 originated from countries facing severe food and climate insecurity.”
The risk posed by natural disasters continues to increase. Over 1.8 billion people live in areas that face severe risk from natural disasters, and there is a strong chance that more than five per cent of the population will be severely impacted by a devastating natural hazard. There are 44 countries with both a high risk of natural disasters, and low resilience. The impact of extreme weather events is compounded when countries have low levels of resilience. The inability of many countries to deal with the impact of natural disasters has led to a greater need for disaster relief funding. In 2022, 35 per cent of total funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was dedicated to providing aid in the aftermath of natural disasters, compared to just 17 per cent a decade ago.
ETR-2023-web-261023.pdf (visionofhumanity.org)
1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring (theconversation.com)
The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
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