HUNDREDS of millions of people will become victims of climate change-related disasters over the next six years, Oxfam said today, urging governments to change the way they respond to such events.
The British-based aid and development charity estimated the number of people affected by climatic disasters would rise by 54 per cent to 375 million people a year on average by 2015, based on data on similar disasters since 1980.
In a new report, it warned that humanitarian aid spending and the way it was allocated was far from prepared to meet the challenge.
“The response is often fickle - too little, too late and not good enough,” said Oxfam chief executive Barbara Stocking.
“The system can barely cope with the current levels of disasters and could be overwhelmed by a substantial increase in numbers of people affected. There must be a fundamental reform of the system.”
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