Floods, other water-related disasters could cost global economy $US5.6 trillion by 2050 – report
London, UK Reuters Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $US5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday. This year heavy rains have triggered floods that inundated cities in China and South Korea and disrupted water and electricity supply […]
Better African heatwave data could save lives, shield economies, report says
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Heatwaves over the last century in sub-Saharan Africa have not been properly recorded, undermining early warning systems to save lives and prevent economic losses caused by soaring temperatures, a University of Oxford report said last week. Researchers found the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), the world’s biggest database of extreme weather […]