Alert: Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, says UN Secretary-General on International Day

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Alert 13 October 2025

Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, says UN Secretary-General on International Day From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).   Read more

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