From Climate Change to Covid, Are We Ready to Deal with Disasters?
From Climate Change to Covid, Are We Ready to Deal with Disasters?
Credit: Bibbi Abruzzini
By Bibbi AbruzziniPARIS, Jun 10 2021 (IPS)
In the last 20 years, disasters affected over 4 billion people. At global level we witness on average one sweeping disaster a day, the majority of which are floods and storms. From the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change, calamities are taking new shapes and sizes, infiltrating every dimension of society. From the emotional to…