As risks rise, too little is spent to avert disasters, say UN and Red Cross
Geneva, SwitzerlandThomson Reuters Foundation Governments and businesses are still investing far too little to protect poor communities at rising risk from wild weather and other threats, the heads of the UN disaster prevention agency and the Red Cross said Tuesday. Countries are having to dig deep to bail out crisis-hit communities – as happened after […]
Millions of disaster victims left ‘hidden in the shadows’, says IFRC
Thomson Reuters Foundation Humanitarians must actively seek out millions of people who are hit by crises like floods, earthquakes but are left “hidden in the shadows” and without aid, the world’s largest relief network said on Wednesday. The United Nations estimates some 134 million people will require aid in 2018, but only about 97 million […]