Adolescent girls, human rights and the expanding climate emergency
Document Type
Article (peer-reviewed)
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
In recent history, the number and scale of natural disasters, one of the major causes of humanitarian emergencies, have increased markedly. From 2000 to 2009, compared with the period from 1980 to 1989, there were 3 times more natural disasters across the globe, with climate-related events accounting for nearly 80% of the increase. Since 2008, natural disasters such as floods, storms, and earthquakes have displaced an average of 26.4 million people per year. Even after adjusting for growth in population, the likelihood of being displaced by a disaster today is 60% higher than it was 40 years ago.
DOI
10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.003
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Atkinson, Holly G. and Judith Bruce. 2015. "Adolescent girls, human rights and the expanding climate emergency," Annals of Global Health 81(3): 323–330.