Escalating costs of billion-dollar disasters in the US: Climate change necessitates disaster risk reduction
Introduction: The United States (US) spends a staggering amount on costs secondary to natural disasters, over $2 trillion between 1980 and 2021, during which time 15,347 disaster related deaths also occurred [1]. We assess the relationship between CO2, temperature, and the number and economic costs...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-03-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Climate Change and Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278222000906 |