The frequency of natural disasters, especially in the form of floods and storms, has quintupled over the past 40 years, the elevated disaster risk being partly due to the effects of climate change. Developing countries bear a higher share of the adverse consequences of that increased risk.
Heightened disaster risk associated with poor management of the natural environment and human-induced climate change requires a long-term approach to reducing risk from natural events. Anintegratedandpreventiveframeworkembeddedinnationaldevelopmentstrategies would be most effective.
