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It's no secret that climate change has made disasters more frequent and intense, but a new report from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy at the University of California-San Diego finds that traditional disaster-donor strategies aren't working as well as they used to.
The report, published in the journal Science Advances, notes that "as secondary perils begin to cause as much or more loss and destruction as the hurricanes themselves, and as disaster after disaster hits the same communities, funders need to adjust their disaster-giving strategies."
In Florida last year, for example, two hurricanes hit within weeks of each other.
"The impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit Florida two weeks apart, went well beyond the catastrophe from the storms," the report states.
" felt the devastating impact of Helene and Milton and the so-called'secondary perils,' smaller events such as storm surge, tornadoesheavy rain, and flash flooding."
The report's authors say that disaster-donor strategies need to be updated to take into account climate change's effects on marginalized communities, the Los Angeles Times reports.
In a webinar this month, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy will discuss how climate change is "upending traditional disaster philanthropy and creating an opportunity for funders to rethink and adapt to
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