Humanitarian firefighters
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Humanitarian firefighters • Federation appeals: in 2000,CHF 447 million • 50 million people assisted, up 66 per cent from 1999 • Disaster response accounts for 82 per cent of all Federation operations • 176 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide
The year in disasters • The year 2000 witnessed 752 recorded disasters • Since 1996, hydro-meteorological disasters have doubled • 20,045 people killed • 256 million people affected by disasters
Motive IPCC (Third Assessment report 2001): • More floods • More droughts • More extreme weather events like heatwaves • Millions of people affected by sealevel rise • More people affected by vector borne diseases More Disasters and More Humanitarian Crises
RC/RC Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness establishment Climate Centre, June 2002