Building Climate Resilience through Disaster Risk Reduction

• Autores: Mannava V.K. Sivakumar
• Localización: Boletín - Organización Meteorológica Mundial, ISSN 1014-9627, Vol. 64, Nº. 1, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Climate knowledge for climate action), págs. 3-7
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Natural hazards involving weather, climate and water are a major source of death, injury and physical destruction. Over the past decade (2005-2014), 3 253 hydrometeorological hazards were reported around the world, resulting in 283 0351 deaths and economic losses amounting to US$ 983 million.