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Increase of Climate-Related Disasters infographic

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Agriculture, Climate Change

Infographic compares the number of climate-related disasters between 1980-1999 with the number of disasters between 2000-2019. Climate-related disasters include drought, extreme temperatures, major storms, and floods.

Data is from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Graphic originally published on the Quick Trip to 8 Billion wall chart.

There were more climate-related disasters between 2000-2019 than there were between 1980-1999

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