UN: Poor countries face annual $500bn climate change bill

Will Nichols
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New study finds cost of adapting to climate change likely to be two to three times higher than previous estimates as risks increase

Adapting to climate change could cost developing countries $500bn a year by 2050 even if the world limits global temperature rise to 2C this century, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned...

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