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.