Extreme weather events and man-made changing of the climate they claimed the lives of two million people and caused damage in the amount of 4.3 trillion. dollars over the past 50 years, according to a new study UN.

The poll in question, released yesterday, has 11,778 people. Natural disaster related to climate change from 1970 to 2021, while in the last two years alone, 22,607 people died as a result of such disasters worldwide. It is also reported that more than 90% of deaths due to these events occurred in the developing world, while in poorer countries recovery and recovery was also much slower. “The most vulnerable communities inevitably bear the brunt of natural disasters related to weather, climate and water,” Peter Taalas, head of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said in a statement.

Cyclone “Mokha”, which “swept” last week through Bangladesh And Myanmar, a typical example. The UN estimates that up to 3.2 million people may need humanitarian assistance after its passage, and the death toll is currently estimated at 145 people. “Moha caused complete chaos and destruction and hit the poorest of the poor,” Taalas said. .

Infrastructure improvement

On the other hand, the UN claims that improved warning systems and coordinated disaster management at the global level have significantly reduced human losses in recent years. Reportedly, “disasters like Cyclone Moha would have cost Bangladesh and Myanmar tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of deaths in the past,” with Taalas stressing the need for even the poorest countries to invest in disaster warning systems.

“Early warning saves lives,” he said. OHE has launched a plan to have all countries covered by disaster early warning systems by the end of 2027. To date, such systems exist in only half the countries of the world. Even though the number of deaths has decreased and plans are being made to prevent many more in the future, the economic losses caused by natural disasters linked to climate change are increasing year by year.

The report recorded that economic losses increased sevenfold, increasing spending from $49 million a day in the 1970s and 1980s to $383 million a day in the 2010s.

Rich countries have suffered far more in terms of monetary costs as they have seen much more expensive infrastructure destroyed while public disaster relief systems have absorbed large sums.

Developed countries accounted for more than 60% of economic losses due to natural disasters related to weather, climate and water, but in more than four-fifths of cases, the losses from each natural disaster were less than 0.1% of their GDP.

Predictions for future temperature increases are ominous. The WMO has warned that the period 2023-2027 is “likely” to be the hottest ever recorded on the planet as climate change combines with the El Niño weather event.

In fact, it is believed that the average temperature of the planet will more and more definitely exceed the target of 1.5 degrees set in the Paris climate agreement in 2015. overall will be the warmest ever recorded on the planet,” the WMO announced. At the same time, he recalled that the past few years have been the warmest in history, and 2016 was a record year.

El Niño is a periodic phenomenon associated with the appearance of a zone of warm waters in the central Pacific Ocean. It affects the global climate, causing heavy rains in some areas and drought in others.

In early May, the WMO estimated that there was a 60% chance of an El Niño by the end of July and an 80% chance by the end of September.