WORLD NEWS SUPERFASTUN NEWS – The United Nations has said that climate change is largely responsible for almost double of natural disasters in the last 20 years. According to information received by World News Superfast, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stated that 7,348 major disaster incidents occurred between 2000 and 2019, claiming 1.23 million people, affecting 4.2 billion people And cost the global economy some $ 2.97 trillion. The report of the United Nations body says that over the last 20 years, 6,681 climate-related incidents have been recorded since the turn of the century above 3,656.The United Nations Office said in a new report, The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019According to information received by World News Superfast, this figure is far from the 4,212 major natural disasters recorded between 1980 and 1999. The report said the sharp increase was largely due to an increase in climate-related disasters, including extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and hurricanes, with the report stating that extreme heat was proving particularly deadly.UNDRR chief Mami Mizutori told reporters at a virtual briefingAccording to information received by the World News Superfast, we will be devastatingly destructive. This is the only conclusion when the events of the disaster in the last 20 years can be reviewed. He accused governments of not doing enough to curb climate hazards and called for better preparedness to mitigate disasters.When we fail to take action on scienceMidutori said that when we fail to take action on science, we warn of investments in prevention, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The report did not touch on biological hazards and disease-related disasters such as the coronovirus epidemic, which killed more than one million people and infected at least 37 million in the past nine months.Mizutori suggests coronovirus is the latest evidenceAccording to information received by World News Superfast, political and business leaders still have to tune into the world around them. The report noted that 6,681 climate-related events have been recorded since the turn of the century, up from 3,656 in the last 20-year period. While major floods more than doubled to 3,254, there were 1,457 to 2,034 major storms in the prior period. Mizutori said public health officials and rescuers were fighting a tough battle against the rising tide of extreme weather events.
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