29/05/2023
Mind you: This WMO report is just an update that would be logically expected. Indeed, it actually adds to earlier reiterated findings about the worse to come.
For instance, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’
According to its report, there has already been an 80% increase in the number of people affected by disasters since 2015.
Out of control
“However, many of the lessons from past disasters have been ignored.”
The consequences are that now a steadily increasing number of people are being affected by larger, ever more complex and more expensive disasters because decision-makers are failing to put people first and prevent risks from becoming disasters.
Please stop repeating all this softened wording, such as climate change, climate-related hazards, climate crisis, or extreme weather events… And just call it what it really is: climate carnage. Indeed, several scientific findings, released ahead of the 2023 World Environment Day (5 June), staggeri...
