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Nnimmo Bassey - Friends of the Earth - Climate Refugees - Sinking Islands



Drought Hastens Rural Emigration

Climate appeal by Pacific islands

Two Dead After Yemenis Clash Over Water Rights

Salt killing crops, driving migration in storm-hit southern Bangladesh

SOMALIA: Thousands displaced by floods, fear of renewed clashes

Heavy rains kill 70, losses mounting in South China

Press Conference on Vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States

Since 1990, annual losses of around $60 billion worldwide due to extreme weather events have been recorded, costing a record $200 billion in 2005. Weather related catastrophes have increased 2% each year since the 1970s, based on insurance industry data

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the most costly catastrophe, totalling US$125 billion in economic losses (around 1.2% of USA GDP)

After the 2005 hurricanes, the state of Louisiana suffered a 15% loss of income in the post-hurricane months

Both developing and developed worlds will have higher costs arising from environmental refugee assistance and humanitarian aid to countries in need

Desertification the major cause for massive population movement and famine