Climate change a factor in most of the 7,000 natural disasters over last 20 years: UN report
Publish Date: 10/13/2020
News Source: The Hill
“Much of the difference is explained by a rise in climate-related disasters including extreme weather events: from 3,656 climate-related events (1980-1999) to 6,681 climate-related disasters in the period 2000-2019,” according to the report, which was released ahead of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
