The State Of Climate In Asia 2022 : World Meteorological Organisation Report
According to the State of climate in Asia 2022 report released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Asia is the world’s most disaster-prone region.
- One of a series of WMO regional State of the Climate reports, it was released during a meeting of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s (ESCAP) Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction.
- UN ESCAP (HQ: Bangkok; founded in 1947) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Highlights of the report:
- Over 50 million people were directly affected due to 81 weather, climate and water-related disasters in Asia during 2022.
- The number of disaster events in the region decreased in comparison to 2021 (over 100 natural hazards).
- But the effects of such events in 2022 were much more pronounced, with an increase in the number of fatalities, people affected and economic damage.
- The economic cost of the damage has been over $ 36 billion and Pakistan accounted for 42% of this.
