Southern Africa is susceptible to extreme weather events – particularly floods, droughts, fires and large storms, which have cost an estimated USD 10 billion in damages between 1980 and 2015 (based on data from EM-DAT). Integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through a risk-management approach is important to help reduce future losses from climate extremes.
Reference:
Davis-Reddy, C.L., Vincent, K. and Mambo, J. 2017. Socio-economic impacts of extreme weather events in Southern Africa. Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa, pp. 30-47
Davis-Reddy, C. L., Vincent, K., & Mambo, J. (2017). Socio-Economic impacts of extreme weather events in Southern Africa., Worklist;20411 CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10148
Davis-Reddy, Claire L, K Vincent, and Julia Mambo. "Socio-economic impacts of extreme weather events in Southern Africa" In WORKLIST;20411, n.p.: CSIR. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10148.
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