Africa-Press – Angola. The African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, Angolan Josefa Correia Sacko, presented, this Tuesday, in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, the framework of natural disasters and their impact on the economy. and in the life of the people of the continent, a generic situation that goes from 1970 to 2019.
Josefa Sacko said that approximately 1 million people died as a result of natural disasters, with economic losses and a significant increase to US$8.1 billion. According to the diplomat, who provided the data during the visit of the European Union ambassadors to Ethiopia to the situation room of the African rapid alert and action system for multiple risks, recently inaugurated, said that disasters increased from 311 to 474 occurrences, during the period 2017-2018.
The Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System in Africa (AMHEWAS) was designed by the African Union to respond to the complex disaster risk challenges that have been increasing and are unfortunately expected to increase further in frequency and magnitude. . “In 2015, States, under the supervision of the United Nations, adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The “Sendai Framework” aims to substantially increase the access and availability of early warning systems of various risks for people by 2030″, stressed the diplomat.
The AMHEWAS pilot phase resulted in the establishment of three continental situation rooms, one at AU Headquarters, Addis Ababa, one in Nairobi, the Disaster Operations Room (IGAD), and the Climate Consultancy Room, (ACMAD), in Niamey (Niger).
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