UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said on Wednesday disasters cost globally more than 300 billion U.S. dollars in losses every year, urging the world to act on disaster risk reduction.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/disasters-cost-world-300-bln-usd-year-un
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/shanghai-daily-china
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/risk-assessment
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods