The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has released the Global Assessment Report (GAR 2022) ahead of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May, 2022.
Salient features of report
- The world will face around 560 disasters every year by 2030.
- The world has experienced 350-500 medium- to large-scale disasters every year over the last 20 years. This is five times higher than the previous three decades.
- The rapid rise in the disaster frequency can be attributed to climate change and inadequate risk management.
- The frequent disasters will add to the poverty burden of the world.
- An additional 37.6 million people are estimated to be living in conditions of extreme poverty due to the impacts of climate change and disasters by 2030.
- A “worst case” scenario of climate change and disasters will push an additional 100.7 million into poverty by 2030.
- The poorest are most vulnerable and will bear the brunt of the disasters.
- A majority of countries that face a high disaster risk are also among those with the highest share of population living under the national poverty line.
- Annual direct economic loss from disasters has more than doubled over the past three decades.
- Just 40 per cent of all disaster-related losses were insured between 1980 and 2018. This means, 60 per cent of all disaster-related losses were not insured.
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