The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announced on the 19th that global warming will increase the number of related disasters in the world, and that in 2050 the number of people who need humanitarian assistance will double. On the other hand, if measures are taken immediately, it can be reduced to the current 10%.
In the report entitled “Random Compensation”, the disaster database of the Center for Disaster Epidemiology (CRED) in the United Nations and Belgium, as well as IFRC's own statistics, can be used for future floods, droughts, typhoons and forest fires. We examined the number of people affected and the amount required for humanitarian assistance.
According to the report, the number of people who need humanitarian assistance will reach 200 million, which is about twice as large as the current year, in 50 years when global warming has progressed. The amount of support will reach 20 billion dollars a year by 30 years (about 2,160 billion yen).
On the other hand, it is said that by reducing greenhouse gases from the current stage and conducting early humanitarian activities, the number of people who need assistance can be reduced to 10 million, one-tenth of the current level in 1950. IFRC Chairman Francesco Rocca said, “The impact of climate change goes to the weakest people in the world. If you act immediately, you can avoid intensifying pain and inflating humanitarian costs in the future.” (Washington = Keisuke Katori)
