Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific
Millions pushed to ‘breaking point’ Thomson Reuters Foundation Thomson Reuters Foundation
Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said yesterday.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it had responded to 24 climate-linked crises this year in the world s most disaster-prone region - up from 18 in 2019 - including floods, typhoons, extreme cold and drought. Covid-19 has of course aggravated these impacts, with a taste of the compound shocks we re expecting in a changing climate, Maarten van Aalst, director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said yesterday.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it had responded to 24 climate-linked crises this year in the world s most disaster-prone region - up from 18 in 2019 - including floods, typhoons, and drought. Covid-19 has of course aggravated these impacts, with a taste of the compound shocks we re expecting in a changing climate, Mr Maarten van Aalst, director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre said.