Cost of Not Adapting to Climate Change Would Be At Least Five Times Higher (IMAGE)

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Cost of Not Adapting to Climate Change Would Be At Least Five Times Higher

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A study on damage to coastal considered only real estate loss. If nothing is done, researchers say, losses might be up to ten times higher if the predicament includes the spreading of flood- and global warming -related diseases.

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