2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
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One down
South Korea expresses its intent to reduce greenhouse gases "voluntarily", becomes the developed nations' showpiece to be presented at the COP 4 in Argentina
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Disappearing act
it is estimated that one of every four species of the world's vertebrates
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Global Conservator
The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors
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EL NINO WATCH
Nearly 37 countries are facing food emergencies as against 31 countries that had faced food shortages towards the end of last year. The food shortages are mainly due to the effects of El Ni
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The last fetter
involving use of symbolic communication there is evidence that our ancestors could speak.
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Not enough to drink
fresh water supply is gradually becoming a matter of serious concern, says a report of the United Nations ( un ). With nearly 900 million people affected by diarrhoea each year and an
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Warming up to diseases
global warming is causing a resurgence in mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever across the world. These diseases are spreading from Kenya to New Guinea and South America
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Sustaining boredom
CSD has become a stratospheric environment in which no wisdom gets injected from the perspective of the poor <br>
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Emissions unlimited
efforts to cut global carbon dioxide ( co 2 ) emissions have not yielded much success. Recent findings indicate that the emission from burning of fossil fuels has continued to increase. The
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Going hungry
the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( fao ) has recently said that low global cereal stocks for a third year in a row could signal an imminent food crisis. This warning comes despite a good