Trends in climate-related disasters

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Trends in climate-related disasters COP – 15: Press Conference Trends in climate-related disasters Prof. Dr. Debarati Guha-Sapir Louvain School of Public Health, Brussels CRED WHO Collaborating Centre

Climate-related disasters compared to geophysical disasters Debarati Guha-Sapir COP 15

Trend in climate-related disaster and flood occurrence 1975-2008 India drought 300 mil. victims China storm 100 mil. victims India drought 300 mil. victims *victims = people killed + total affected by climate-related disasters Debarati Guha-Sapir

Natural Disasters* in 2009 : Preliminary figures (January – November) Occurrence of natural disasters: 245 Total deaths: 8919 Total affected: 58 million Estimated damage: 19 billion US$ * Biological disasters excluded Debarati Guha-Sapir

PERCENT SHARE OF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS IN TOTAL NATURAL DISASTERS 2007 2008 2009 EVENTS 93.7 90.5 91.4 AFFECTED 99.4 77.9 94.3 ECONOMIC LOSS 78.4 54.9 84.1 Debarati Guha-Sapir

Climate-related disasters 2000-2009*: what and where ? REGION TYPE *January-November Debarati Guha-Sapir

Which factors contribute to climate-related disaster increase ? DEFORESTATION GLOBAL WARMING Climate disasters increasing Affected population increasing POPULATION INCREASE POLITICAL SYSTEM WEAK INFRA-STRUCTURE URBANIZATION Debarati Guha-Sapir

CRED Louvain School of Medicine & Public Health www.cred.be Debarati Guha-Sapir