1. 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

2. Climate-related disasters compared to geophysical disasters
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. PERCENT SHARE OF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS IN TOTAL NATURAL DISASTERS
EVENTS
AFFECTED
ECONOMIC
LOSS
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6. Climate-related disasters 2000-2009*: what and where ?
REGION
TYPE
*January-November
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7. 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
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8. CRED Louvain School of Medicine & Public Health www.cred.be
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