5 facts to consider-- disaster risk reduction & resilience
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Annually, disaster-related economic losses equal These losses are projected
Institutional investors currently manage assets worth more than
$80 TRILLION GLOBALLYMuch of this is given limited consideration to disaster risk.
In the years ahead,
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARSwill be invested in hazard- exposed regions.
If those investments fail to take into account natural hazards and vulnerabilities -
RISK WILL CONTINUETO ACCUMULATE
5 FACTS TO CONSIDER --DISASTER RISK REDUCTION & RESILIENCE
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DOUBLE BY 2030
HALF OF THE GLOBAL GDP
INCREASE TO 60% BY 2025
Currently, the globe’stop 600 cities account for
and this is expected to
[1] Source: The Atlantic Cities, http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/04/infographic-day-economic-power-top-600-global-cities/1682/ accessed January 3, 2014
[2] Source: UNISDR (2013) From Shared Risk to Shared Value –The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
60%50%
20252013
Top 600 cities
Global GDP
GDP
Between
PRIVATE 70 - 85%
$$
$
is generated from the
of all new investment
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1992 20302013
Since 1992, over$2 trillion in damages
have occured.