UNThe UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (The UN Office for Disaster Risk ReductionISDR) has confirmed that weather and climate-related events now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards. The The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Secretary-General's special representative, Robert Glasser, said that nearly 100m people were affected by disasters in 2015. Climate, aided by a strong El Nino, was a factor in over 90% of these events. The The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction analysis found that the five countries hit by the highest number of disasters in 2015 were China, with 26 disasters; USA, with 22; India, with 19; Philippines, with 15 and Indonesia, with 11. The UN Office for Disaster Risk ReductionISDR noted that following droughts, floods had the second-greatest impact in 2015.
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has confirmed that weather and climate-related events now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards. The UN Secretary-General's special representative, Robert Glasser, said that nearly 100m people were affected by disasters in 2015. Climate, aided by a strong El Nino, was a factor in over 90% of these events. The UN analysis found that the five countries hit by the highest number of disasters in 2015 were China, with 26 disasters; USA, with 22; India, with 19; Philippines, with 15 and Indonesia, with 11. UNISDR noted that following droughts, floods had the second-greatest impact in 2015.