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United Nations’
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a report on Monday, 22nd
of May, 2023 claiming that the extreme weathers due to climate change and
global warming has cause 2 million deaths and an economics losses amounting
$4.3 trillion over the past half Century.
According to
the report, about 11,778 climate related disasters have occurred from 1970 to
2021, and there are more in proportion from 2021 onward till date.
About 90
percent of these natural calamities took place in the developing world,
particularly in climate vulnerable countries.
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The WMO’s Chief
Petteri Taalas statement in the press brief:
He said, “The most vulnerable
communities unfortunately bear the brunt of weather, climate and water-related
hazards,”
“Cyclone Mocha, which wreaked havoc
in Myanmar and Bangladesh last week, exemplified this reality.” The severe storm “caused widespread devastation, …
impacting the poorest of the poor,” he added.
Taalas also
pointed that in the similar climate disasters like Mocha, Myanmar and Bangladesh
suffered death toll of hundreds of thousands of people.
He forgot to
mention Pakistan which is amongst the top 6th most climate vulnerable
countries about its recent and past causalities due to floods.
According to
WMO, the report issued in 2021 covering data and losses related to climate
disasters from 1970 to 2019 listed 50,000 climate related deaths annually.
The fresh
report has observed a death toll dropped by 20,000 from 2010 onward due to
climate control and technological advancements.
And in its update of that report,
the WMO said that 22,608 disaster deaths were recorded globally in 2020 and
2021 combined.
“Thanks to early warnings and
disaster management these catastrophic mortality rates are now thankfully
history,” the report said. “Early warnings save lives.”
It was also added by Al-Jazeera that
the UN has launched a plan to ensure all nations are covered by disaster early
warning systems by the end of 2027. To date, only half of the world’s countries
have such systems in place.
Economics Losses due to Climate Change Disasters:
The Report published by WMO also reported
economic losses incurred due to environmental disasters like floods, heat
waves, rising sea levels, global warming, and extreme weathers.
The WMO previously recorded economic
losses had increased seven times from 1970 to 2019, a raise from $49 million
per day during the first decade to $383 million per day in the final one.
Wealthy counties have been hardest
hit by far in monetary terms. The had spent more on climate control, advancement
in technology and climate polices.
Developed nations accounted for more
than 60 percent of losses due to climate calamities and disasters but in more
cases the economic losses for each disaster were equivalent to less than 0.1
percent of their GDP.
Courtesy:
Al-Jazeera
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