How much is devoted to ensuring that the nation's infrastructure is built to withstand mounting weather disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and floods? Not much. Zero dollars, to be precise.
The findings drive home the devastating toll of disasters — including hurricanes, floods and wildfires — that are becoming more common and costly because of climate change.
The global temperature was down, thanks to La Niña, but it was still the sixth-hottest year on record. And 2 billion people had their warmest year yet.
Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. But these disasters are killing far fewer people.
