Pacific Climate Feature

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:44

The 2nd Edition of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor provides a global overview of the current and future costs in 2030 resulting from both climate change (such as sea level rise and droughts) and impacts of the carbon economy (for example, indoor pollution and oil spills). These costs are broken down into a number of categories in the report: industry change, natural disasters, habitat change and health impacts. Read on for Ben Sims' review.

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