A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. The Cost of Doing Nothing – published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – estimates that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of storms, droughts and floods could climb beyond 200 million annually – compared to an estimated 108 million today. It further suggests that this rising human toll would come with a huge financial price tag, with climate-related humanitarian costs ballooning to US$20 billion per year by 2030, in the most pessimistic scenario.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/cost-doing-nothing-humanitarian-price-climate-change-and-how-it-can-be-avoided
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Cost of Doing Nothing.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-federation-red-cross-and-red-crescent-societies-ifrc
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aid
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global