The "Red Cross" warns of a danger that threatens Earth more than "Corona"

The Red Cross says climate change is more dangerous than Corona.

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called today, Tuesday, to act "urgently" to confront climate warming, warning of a "wider" disaster than the "Covid-19" epidemic without a vaccine available against it.

In a report on disasters in the world since the 1960s, the Union pointed out that climate change continues to claim lives without waiting for the Covid-19 epidemic to be brought under control.

The Geneva-based organization stated that more than 100 disasters occurred since the World Health Organization announced the Covid-19 pandemic in March until September, affecting more than 50 million people.

Its Secretary-General, Jagan Shapagan, admitted during a press conference, "Of course, a covid here, afflicts our families, our friends, our families. It is a very serious crisis that the world is currently facing."

But “climate change will, in our opinion, have a greater impact in the medium and long term on human life and on the Earth” than Covid-19, which has caused the death of at least 1.3 million people since the end of 2019.

In this context, he stressed that "if we are lucky, we will have a vaccine against Covid next year, and if all goes well, after a few years we will be able to deal with the effects of Covid-19 while, unfortunately, there is no vaccine against climate change."

"We need much more sustainable action and investments to effectively protect human life on this earth," he concluded, calling on everyone to act individually.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies pointed out that the frequency and intensity of climatic phenomena are increasing dramatically, with more storms of 5 or 5 degrees, more heat waves that record record temperatures and more heavy rains, and other extreme phenomena.

In the year 2019 alone, there were 308 disasters caused by natural hazards, which killed about 24,400 people in the world, and 77% of them were weather or climate disasters.

The number of weather and climate disasters has increased since the 1960s, and has increased by about 35% since the 1990s.

The percentage of disasters resulting from extreme weather and climate phenomena increased sharply during the same period, rising from 76 percent during the first decade of the millennium to 83 percent in the second decade.

Our continuity is in danger

Disasters caused by extreme weather and climate phenomena have killed more than 410,000 people in the last ten years, the vast majority of them in low-income countries or from the lower middle-income countries.

The heatwaves that followed were storms during the same period the deadliest.

In the face of this challenge, which "actually threatens our long-term viability," the organization called on the international community to act immediately.

The organization estimates about $ 50 billion the sums needed each year to meet the adaptation needs identified by fifty developing countries for the next decade.

She emphasized that "this amount is meager compared to the international response to the economic repercussions of the pandemic."

On the other hand, the organization regretted the neglect caused by many of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, and that they received only relatively modest assistance.

The report revealed that none of the twenty countries that receive the most funding relative to their population to help them adapt to climate change are none of the twenty countries most vulnerable to climate change and climate and weather disasters such as Somalia.

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