Posted on 04/26/2022 12:00:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says.
The number of extreme heat waves in 2030 will be three times what it was in 2001 and there will be 30% more droughts, the report predicted. It’s not just natural disasters amplified by climate change, it’s COVID-19, economic meltdowns and food shortages. Climate change has a huge footprint in the number of disasters, report authors said.
People have not grasped how much disasters already cost today, said Mami Mizutori, chief of the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, “If we don’t get ahead of the curve it will reach a point where we cannot manage the consequences of disaster,” she said. “We’re just in this vicious cycle.”
That means society needs to rethink how it finances, handles and talks about the risk of disasters and what it values the most, the report said. About 90% of the spending on disasters currently is emergency relief with only 6% on reconstruction and 4% on prevention, Mizutori said in an interview Monday.
The report calls for an overhaul in how we speak about risk. For example, instead of asking about the chances of a disaster happening this year, say 5%, officials should think about the chances over a 25-year period, which makes it quite likely.
“In a world of distrust and misinformation, this is a key to moving forward,” said University of South Carolina Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute Co-Director Susan Cutter, who wasn’t part of the report. “We can move forward to reduce the underlying drivers of risk: Inequality, poverty and most significantly climate change.”
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Asspress is extra happy today.
Tired of what?
Everything was fine when Trump was in. What happened?
To those of you duped by the photo of the poor polar bear stranded on a ice island ... POLAR BEARS CAN SWIM! (typed in my best Rush Limbaugh voice) LOL
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2009/12/08/hoax_climate_change_makes_polar_bears_turn_to_cannibalism/
Note before reading the link above: it's chilling to read Rush say "my formerly nicotine stained fingers".
As far as the UN and disasters are concerned: It takes one to know one.
Ah, the daily climate porn.
Where’s the daily COVID porn?
And the daily racist porn?
Thanks to the NEA & Disney, we know where the daily porn porn is.
“Everything was fine when Trump was in. What happened?”
Lincoln didn’t kill the Democrats when he had the chance.
The UN Turd Wurlders. ROTFL!
Translation: WEATHER CHANGES COMING...YAWN.
It’s not just natural disasters amplified by climate change, it’s COVID-19, economic meltdowns, food shortages and
inept governance.
Tet68 says, hold on to your hats, the ride is going
to get bumpy with no end in sight.
Feb. 15, 2022
The Associated Press announced today it will significantly expand its climate coverage, creating a standalone desk that will enhance the global understanding of climate change and its impact across the world.
The initiative will infuse the global media landscape with a new stream of quality climate journalism through both AP content and in-depth training and collaboration directly with AP’s thousands of customers worldwide.
The news agency will also launch an AP StoryShare network for climate coverage, allowing news organizations to share their content with one another and in turn provide more robust coverage for their audiences.
The expansion is supported by several philanthropic organizations, including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Quadrivium and The Rockefeller Foundation. AP retains complete editorial control of all content.
“Unbiased, fact-based journalism has never been more important or imperiled,” said Larry Kramer, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. “The Associated Press has, for over a century, played a crucial role reporting on the most pressing issues of our time, including climate change. The climate initiative will build on AP’s legacy of independent journalism and help millions better understand the impact of the climate crisis and counter climate-related misinformation.”
https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2022/ap-announces-sweeping-climate-journalism-initiative
All these “disasters” are being planned by communists.
Clearly, Greta Thumbsuck is still in charge of the august UN
Hard to believe there is still a fool alive who buys what the climate-scammers are peddling.
Yes, disasters are bad, but they are part of life. I’m more weary of the UN. It’s bad and not natural, and nobody can give a good reason why we are in it.
This is reported in Revelation, as well, but with indefinite timing.
It's presented as universally agreed fact. Like "water is wet."
"Man made climate change, and this is what it will cause ..."
People are allowed to differ on what it will cause, but the existence of it is not allowed to be questioned. This is the way it is in education from a young age, and what passes for "edutainment" programming on the teevee.
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