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We all get poorer every time a climate disaster strikes

25 October 2017

Long-term economic effects of global warming could be far greater than thought, making many countries poorer and hurting even those of us spared direct impacts
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New York should prepare for 15-metre storm surges by 2300

23 October 2017

Due to rapidly rising seas, floods that once struck New York City every 500 years will soon hit every five years

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