A UN report says humanity's activities and behaviours are increasingly causing climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe.
Humanity is suffering from a "broken perception of risk", spurring us into activities and behaviours that cause climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction found in a new report that between 350 and 500 medium to large-scale disasters took place globally every year over the past two decades.
UNDRR said in a statement that the sharp rise in disasters globally could be attributed to a "broken perception of risk based on optimism, underestimation and invincibility". Ignoring risks has come at a high price, with disasters around the world costing roughly $235 billion each year over the past decade, the report found.
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