The Soaring Costs Of Climate Change
Climate Change
Mainly storms and floods, these disasters are causing catastrophic levels of economic damage around the world. For example, Hurricane Katrina inflicted $108 billion (2005 dollars) in economic losses, about four times as much as Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The threat posed by climate change and resulting extreme weather can be seen from the following infographic. Ten years, ago there were 606 extreme weather losses with a bill of $69 billion. Last year, there were 797 weather-related disasters worldwide, resulting in $129 billion of economic losses.

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This chart shows extreme weather events and estimated financial losses worldwide.