The United Nations has a straight talk tumblr. Really appreciate their posts. The numbers tell the story. Over the last twenty years, it is conservatively estimated that disasters have killed 1.3 million people, affected 4.4 billion and resulted in economic losses of $2 trillion. These are staggering numbers when you consider what it means in terms of missed opportunities, shattered lives, lost housing, schools and health facilities destroyed, cultural losses and roads washed away. More on the Rio+20 Conference Infographic from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) HIGH RES

The United Nations has a straight talk tumblr. Really appreciate their posts.

The numbers tell the story. Over the last twenty years, it is conservatively estimated that disasters have killed 1.3 million people, affected 4.4 billion and resulted in economic losses of $2 trillion.

These are staggering numbers when you consider what it means in terms of missed opportunities, shattered lives, lost housing, schools and health facilities destroyed, cultural losses and roads washed away.

More on the Rio+20 Conference

Infographic from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

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