The bill from natural and weather disasters is nearly $200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, four times higher than in the 1980s, the World Bank said on Monday. "As the global climate continues to change, the costs and damages from more extreme weather related to a warming planet are growing," it reported on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Warsaw. Disasters cost nearly $4 trillion ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cost_from_disasters_quadrupled_in_30_years_World_Bank_999.html
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Cost from disasters quadrupled in 30 years: World Bank
Cost from disasters quadrupled in 30 years: World Bank
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 18, 2013 -
The bill from natural and weather disasters is nearly $200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, four times higher than in the 1980s, the World Bank said on Monday. "As the global climate continues to change, the costs and damages from more extreme weather related to a warming planet are growing," it reported on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Warsaw. Disasters cost nearly $4 trillion ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cost_from_disasters_quadrupled_in_30_years_World_Bank_999.html
The bill from natural and weather disasters is nearly $200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, four times higher than in the 1980s, the World Bank said on Monday. "As the global climate continues to change, the costs and damages from more extreme weather related to a warming planet are growing," it reported on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Warsaw. Disasters cost nearly $4 trillion ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cost_from_disasters_quadrupled_in_30_years_World_Bank_999.html
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