- The United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that since 2000, flood-related disasters have risen by 134 % compared with the previous two decades. Most of the flood-related deaths and economic losses were recorded in Asia, where river flood warning systems require strengthening.
- At the same time, there has been around a 30 % increase in the amount and duration of drought events since 2000, with Africa the worst-affected continent.
- Most world leaders are talking about climate change as a major risk to the welfare of humankind, but their actions are not matching their words, said WMO chief Petteri Taalas. “We cannot wait for decades to start acting,” he said. “That’s also a message for countries such as China, which has said that they would like to become carbon neutral by 2060 but they don’t have a concrete plan for the coming decade.
- He said that more work was needed on climate adaptations, as the negative trend in weather patterns will continue for the coming decades and the coming centuries when it comes to the melting of glaciers and sea levels rising.
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