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Understanding Risk Forum 2018: How data and technology can save (hundreds of) billions of dollars from natural disasters

New Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery report uses #risk modeling to estimate the impacts of past disasters if they were to happen today. Read it below:

Understanding Risk Forum 2018: How data and technology can save (hundreds of) billions of dollars from natural disasters

Natural disasters made 2017 a very expensive year. At $330 billion, last year’s global losses from disasters set a record. These Economic Losses were primarily a result of meteorological events, such as floods and hurricanes, which are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change. A…