THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The cost of disasters caused by climate change in the last five years to $ 490 billion incurred (380 billion euros). That’s three times as much as the total cost in the 70s, development agency Oxfam warned Friday.
Since 2009, more than 650 million people were affected and more than 112,000 lives lost due to weather disasters, says Oxfam in a new report. Poor people are 1st and the hardest hit by climate change. Livelihoods and crops have been destroyed, causing food prices to rise and millions of people are starving. But stagnating international approach to climate change.
No rush
Tuesday begins in New York a top that climate change should be. Again on the agenda Despite this initiative of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UN is of world leaders little news expected, Oxfam Novib. There are a few promising plans from the business but lack the necessary ambition and scope to really tackle. Climate change impacts They are no substitute for effective government action
Managing director Farah Karimi Oxfam Novib states. ,, World Leaders pretend there is no hurry, but ultimately it is about human lives. Climate change is now taking place, claims lives and leaves more people hungry. The costs are skyrocketing, and further delay will only make the situation worse. “
4 degrees warmer
When world leaders met in Copenhagen in 2009, they agreed to reduce. Greenhouse gas emissions But that was not enough to keep. Global warming below 2 degrees Countries have since done nothing to draw despite the plummeting cost of renewable energy, higher goals says Oxfam Novib. Countries such as Canada and Japan have their pledges completely dropped. The world is now on its way to a warming of 4 degrees by the end of this century, with widespread climate devastation and hunger as a result, according to the organization.
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