Climate Change Will Bring More Frequent Natural Disasters & Weigh on Economic Growth
by Sebastian Acevedo, and Natalija Novta
November 16, 2017
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As natural disasters become more frequent and intense, countries should invest in resilient infrastructure to better withstand such hazards (photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Newscom).
The weather seems to be getting wilder and fiercer. From devastating hurricanes in the U.S. and the Caribbean, to raging wildfires in California and ruinous floods in India, the human and economic toll of extreme weather events is enormous. […]