Climate-related humanitarian costs may rise to 20 bln USD annually by 2030: report

 

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) President Francesco Rocca (L) speaks to journalists during a press briefing on the release of an IFRC report The Cost of Doing Nothing, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 19, 2019. A new report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)