TO CUT DISASTER RISK, INVEST WISELY

Disasters today are affecting people and causing economic losses at rates that are unprecedented and increasing rapidly.By 2050, more than half of world’s 9 billion people will live in large urban centres, most of them in developing countries. The enormity and frequency of disasters will bring furtherchallenges that warrant visionary approaches. The disaster impacts are unevenly distributed; Asia and Africa combined together
take the brunt of nearly 68% of all people killed and 95% of those affected. From 2004 through 2013, disasters have killed 1 million people and affected 2 billion and economic losses from natural disasters now reach an average of US$250 billion to US$300 billion each year. Climate change will exacerbate the problem.

Read More: TWAS news letter Disaster Preparedness