Developing countries in particular – despite being at the forefront of climate change – are even less prepared.
Half of the world’s countries are unprepared for natural disasters because they lack early warning systems to predict different types of disasters, the UN warned today.
Developing countries are even less prepared, despite being on the front lines of climate change, according to the report released by two UN agencies, the Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR) and the World Meteorological Organization ( OMM).
Less than half of developing countries and only a third of developing island countries have an early warning system for various hazards.
“The world is not investing in protecting the lives and livelihoods of people on the front lines (of climate change). The people least responsible for the climate crisis are the ones paying a heavy price,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Many warning systems concern only one type of natural disaster, such as floods or the cyclonesbut the UN stressed that the need to invest in systems that can predict multiple risks is greater than ever.
These systems allow the population to be informed in time about the risk of ground subsidence after an earthquake or landslides, or even warn of an epidemiological risk after heavy rainfall.
The UN had announced that it wished in the next 5 years every person on Earth will be protected from extreme weather events and climate change.
The OMM is expected to present at the next COP27 in November in Egypt an action plan to achieve this goal.
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