Further, OCHA has stated:

-Climate disaster is on the rise. Around 70% of disaster are now climate related up from around 50% from two decades ago.

-These disasters take a heavier human toll and come with a higher price tag. In the last decade, 2.4 billion people were affected by climate related disasters, compared to 1.7 billion in the previous decade. The cost of responding to disasters has risen tenfold between 1992 and 2008.

-Destructive sudden heavy rains, intense tropical storms, repeated flooding.

-Environmental destruction caused by humans is a global problem, and this is a problem that is ongoing every day. By year 2050, the global human population is expected to grow by 2 billion people, thereby reaching a level of 9.6 billion people (Living Blue Planet 24). The human effects on Earth can be seen in many different ways. A main one is the temperature rise, and according to the report “Our Changing Climate”, the global warming that has been going on for the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities (Walsh, et al. 20). Since 1895, the U.S. average temperature has increased from 1.3 Fahrenheit to 1.9 Fahrenheit with most of the increase taken place since around year 1970 (Walsh, et al. 20).