Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, Guterres says on International Day

13 october 2025 - 19:09:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled [...] Full text...

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Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit

08 august 2025 - 08:03:23
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA)  Countries agreed on Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs [...] Full text...

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Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN

27 may 2025 - 17:03:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually [...] Full text...

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COP28: Methane pledge by ‘giants behind the climate crisis’ falls short, says Guterres

03 december 2023 - 13:46:08
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: [...] Full text...

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Cutting disaster risk will boost equality, improve resilience: UN chief

14 october 2023 - 08:06:51
New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Friday, UN chief António Guterres called [...] Full text...

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UN office calls for protection of persons with disabilities during natural disasters

13 october 2023 - 05:56:30
New York, US (PANA) - The world must act on “unacceptable failures” to protect persons with disabilities from the damaging [...] Full text...

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IOM says 'ambitious, concrete action' needed to avoid the worst climate impacts

18 may 2023 - 16:16:52
New York, US (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is calling for concrete action to prevent, avert and [...] Full text...

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Experts meet to speed up efforts to fully implement agreement to bring about a safer world

14 may 2023 - 06:38:11
New York, US (PANA) - More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of [...] Full text...

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COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027

08 november 2022 - 04:50:56
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the [...] Full text...

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Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems - UN

14 october 2022 - 05:42:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organisation [...] Full text...

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Human activity, behaviour contributing to increasing disasters in the world: UN

27 april 2022 - 06:33:14
New York, US (PANA) - Human activity and behaviour is contributing to an increasing number of disasters across the world, [...] Full text...

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Climate, weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report

01 september 2021 - 15:06:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the [...] Full text...

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‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years - UN

13 october 2020 - 07:25:01
New York, US (PANA) - The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN [...] Full text...

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