How Satellites Can Save African Countries from Natural Disasters -On Thursday, Access Partnership, one of the leading global public policy firms for the technology sector released a Fair Tech Institute... -
On Thursday, Access Partnership, one of the leading global public policy firms for the technology sector released aoutlining the urgency with which governments and the private sector need to leverage satellite technology for more effective disaster management efforts in Africa and globally.
“Putting in place satellite services and next-generation satellite-enabled connectivity can mean the difference between saving millions of lives and losing them,” Ivan Suarez, senior policy manager at Access Partnership, said. The paper shows that natural disasters currently cost the agricultural sector of these economies more than $108 billion in damaged crop and livestock production. Should the level of financing in climate adaptability remain low, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that climate change adaptation and natural disaster damages could cost developing countries a range of $280 billion to $500 billion per year by 2050.
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