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Disaster statistics reports

While absolute economic losses are concentrated in high-income countries, the human cost of disasters falls overwhelmingly on low and middle-income countries. This is a list of key reports with disaster statistics.

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The report highlights the need for more investment in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to strengthen forecasts and life-saving early warnings.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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This report provides the status of key climate indicators and latest data and information on impacts, risks and policy from United Nations agencies.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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The report provides descriptions and analysis of climate conditions and variations from across the Earth system, key events and their impacts, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Copernicus Climate Change Service
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This report presents the disaster impacts of 2023.

Université Catholique de Louvain
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
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The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2023 with sections on key climate indicators, extreme events and impacts.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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This report provides a summary of selected significant extreme weather and climate events which occurred across Australia in 2023.

Australia - government
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The Decadal State of the Climate 2011-2020 is the result of collaboration between NMHSs in the region, the World Meteorological Organization, national statistics offices and specialized agencies of the United Nations.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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The WMO provisional State of the Global Climate report was published to inform negotiations at COP28 in Dubai, combining input from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, regional climate centres, UN partners and leading climate scientists.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)