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Citat:
While better recording and reporting may partly explain
some of the increase in events, much of it is due to a
significant rise in the number of climate-related disasters.3
Between 2000 and 2019, there were 510,837 deaths
and 3.9 billion people affected by 6,681 climate-related
disasters. This compares with 3,656 climate-related events
which accounted for 995,330 deaths (47% due to drought/
famine) and 3.2 billion affected in the period 1980-1999.
Hälften så många dog under perioden 2000-2019 som 1980-1999.
Det saknas referens till att händelserna skulle bero på klimatförändringar.
Citat:
In order to be recorded as a disaster
in EM-DAT, an event must meet at
least one of the following criteria:
• Ten or more people reported killed
• 100 or more people reported affected
• Declaration of a state of emergency
• Call for international assistance.
While EM-DAT is one of the most comprehensive
disaster databases available worldwide, and
every effort is made to collect and validate
information from our sources, we are aware that
certain regions, including Africa, lack capacity and
resources to fully report events. This report does
not include technological and biological disasters.
Ta rapporten med några hinkar salt.
Har det blivit bättre rapportering som innebär fler händelser registrerats sedan tidigare perioden?
Kriterierna representerar inte faktiska händelser utan vad som är rapporterat eller om någon bestämt att det är t.ex state of emergency eller begärt internationell hjälp