| Autor institucional : | UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Autor/Autores: | UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025-05-22 |
| Alcance geográfico: | Mundial |
| Publicado en: | Suiza |
| Descargar: | Descargar PDF |
| Resumen: | highlights how smarter investment can re-set the destructive cycle of disasters, debt, uninsurability and humanitarian need that threatens a climate- changed world. The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged USD 70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to USD 180–200 billion. Total disaster costs are now exceeding USD 2.3 trillion annually when cascading and ecosystem impacts are included. |
