On 6 March 2015, Margareta Wahlström, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, said “Despite many successes and greatly improved performance in disaster management, it is so- bering to note that 700,000 people have died in disaster events over the last ten years. A total of 1.7 billion people have had their lives disrupted insomeway. It is of great concern that economic losses in major reported disaster events come to $1.4 trillion. ” Ms. Wahlström said that while 70% of deaths are caused by earth- quakes, climate-related disasters now account for over 80% of all disaster events and contribute enormously to economic losses and short and long-term population displacement triggered by disaster events. 155 million people have suffered short or long-term dis- placement since 2008