BANGKOK ---The world needs to be prepared for more extreme weather events in future after disasters caused by climate change inflicted losses running into many billions of dollars in 2018, according to a study. The British organization, Christian Aid, last Thursday released its new report titled "Counting the Cost: a year of climate breakdown", which revealed that in 2018 all the six populated continents were hit by 10 catastrophic climate-related disasters that cost over US$1 billion (Bt32 billion) in economicdamage. The report and many other scientific research on climate change have similarly identified climate change as the major factor behind these billion-dollar disasters. ...
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