Disaster reduction: It Could Save Your Life

Disaster reduction: It Could Save Your Life

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Between 2005 and 2014, 700,000 people have died in disaster events worldwide. A total of 1.7 billion people have been affected. Economic losses in major disaster events over the last decade come to $1.4 trillion.

In 2015, United Nations member states adopted the Sendai Framework which maps out a broad, people-centered approach to disaster risk reduction until the year 2030.

Original source: United Nations
Published on 22 October 2018