TYT: UN Report: Weather Disasters Way Up... And Climbing

[WhoIsNumberNone]

A new UN report shows that climate change is increasing the frequency of natural disasters at a very alarming rate. Cenk Uygur, hosts of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Ninety percent of disasters in the last 20 years have been caused by floods, storms, heatwaves and other weather-related events — and these weather-spawned disasters are becoming more frequent, according to a report released Monday(Nov. 23).

The report said the 6,457 weather-related disasters that were recorded between 1995 and 2015 claimed 606,000 lives and affected more than four billion people.

Flooding alone accounted for 47 percent of the weather-related disasters, affecting 2.9 billion people — 95 percent of them living in Asia which bore the brunt of disasters due mainly to its large and varied landmass including multiple river basins and flood plains, it said.”*

Read more here: http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/11/weather_disasters_frequent_cli.html

[Quixote1818]

1. Privatized the gains and socialized the losses. Great way to put it! nt

[panfluteman]

2. Yup - And Another Way to Put It Is Like This:

Does one industry - the oil industry - have the right to screw things up for other industries, and cut into their profits? NO!!! That's one BIG reason why there need to be some regulations put on capitalism. Some semblance of balance and fair play must be maintained in the economy if it is to work for all industries concerned. If one industry, like the oil industry, gets too big and powerful, they start stomping on other industries that are every bit as intrinsically valuable and worthwhile for the economy as a whole. Just think - the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few years back really screwed things up royally for the tourist and fishing industries in that region. But man, was there ever a lot of bending backwards and ass kissing on capitol hill to appease and accommodate them! And what about the insurance industry??? I'm sure they have been hit really hard by all these climate disasters!!!