Natural disasters around the world last year caused a record US$380 billion in economic losses. That’s more than twice the tally for 2010, and about $115 billion more than in the previous record year of 2005, according to a report from Munich Re, a reinsurance group in Germany. But other work emphasizes that it is too soon to blame the economic devastation on climate change.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/disaster-toll-tallied
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/quirin-schiermeier
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tsunami
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/new-zealand
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economic-development
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global