This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Vanuatu statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Vanuatuan statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Vanuatu-specific metadata information.
| Definition |
Climate Change and Natural Disasters. Many natural disasters are directly linked with the climate change including floods, hurricanes, tsunami, droughts, earthquake and La nina |
|---|---|
| Concept |
Climate disasters occur when extreme climatic events interact with vulnerable social, economic and environmental conditions leading to severe alterations in normal functioning of a community or a society. |
| Rationale |
Disasters affect large parts of the population, especially the poor and other marginalized groups. Between 1950 and 2011 disasters in the Pacific islands region affected approximately 4 million people, caused 8,693 reported deaths and resulted in damage costs of around US$3.2 billion. Tropical cyclones, the major cause of these losses and damage, are expected to increase in intensity, though not frequency, in most parts of the Pacific over the coming decades. |