In its latest report, The Cost of Doing Nothing, the IFRC presents an analysis showing that if no urgent action is taken now, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance annually due to the climate crisis could double by 2050. Similarly, financial costs could balloon to 20 billion US dollars per year. In Asia Pacific, extreme weather events triggered by climate change have led to droughts, heatwaves and violent storms. Apart from the human toll, these disasters have destroyed homes, killed livestock, and caused the loss of livelihoods.

“There is clearly a very high cost of doing nothing. But there is no clear reason why 200 million people should be forced to pay it in 2050,” Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Learn more from the report : HERE