A string of costly wildfires, floods, hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes have compelled APEC member economies to heightened collective actions to respond to the increasingly complex disaster landscape and instill long-term climate resilience. "The Asia-Pacific region accounts for more than 70 percent of global disasters," said Deanne Criswell, Chair of the 2023 APEC Senior Disaster Management Officials' Forum, in her opening remarks in Seattle. "In just the last few years catastrophic disasters from powerful typhoons, earthquakes and extreme wildfires to prolonged droughts and abrupt landslides have caused mounting economic losses and widespread shocks across our region with natural disaster-related costs losses resulting in an estimated US$100 billion annually," added Administrator Criswell who is also the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator.

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