BANGKOK: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). READ:
The report by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, or Escap, says nearly $145 billion is needed to set up systems to minimize deaths and damage from floods, earthquakes, drought and other disasters.
The Asia-Pacific region experienced 140 major natural disasters that killed 7,300 people and affected 62 million in 2022 alone, the Escap report said. Losses amounted to $57.3 billion. But far more people are at risk, and the number is rising as climate change spurs more floods, droughts, dangerous heat waves and other extreme weather, the report said.
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