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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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GRID 2022  The Global Report on Internal Displacement
Documents and publications

IDMC's Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the world’s leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. The 2022 edition includes a special focus on internally displaced children and youth.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
Cover of the WMO report: icebergs, coral reef, bush fire, dried land, looded residential area
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The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 202, such as global temperature trends, green house gases, ocean, cryosphere, stratospheric ozone, drivers of climate variability, precipitation distribution, and extreme events.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Cover of the GRFC 2022
Documents and publications

According to the findings of the GRFC 2022, global levels of hunger surpassed all previous records in 2021, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories.

Global Network Against Food Crises
Food Security Information Network (FSIN)
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Documents and publications

The EU adaptation strategy aims to build resilience and ensure that Europe is well prepared to manage the risks from and adapt to the impacts of climate change, including limiting economic losses and other harm.

European Environment Agency
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Compared to the average over the last 30 years (1990-2019), this report finds that the occurrence and intensity of global disasters were generally at a lower level in 2020.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
National Disaster Reduction Centre of China
Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
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This study aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures. Non-optimal temperatures are associated with a substantial mortality burden, which varies spatiotemporally. The below

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IDMC’s Global Report on Internal Displacement is the official repository of data and analysis on internal displacement.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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This paper summarizes the key findings of the CRED Report on Non-COVID Related Disasters.

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)