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Fighting Climate Change Will Help Economic Growth, Study Finds

In a sign of what’s at stake, a report included a finding showing that annual costs for natural disasters topped the 30-year average of $140 billion in seven of the past 10 years -- and that the number of extreme weather events since 1980 has tripled.

In a sign of what’s at stake, a report included a finding showing that annual costs for natural disasters topped the 30-year average of $140 billion in seven of the past 10 years -- and that the number of extreme weather events since 1980 has tripled.

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Slowing the pace of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement has clear economic benefits as global warming is increasingly seen as a risk to financial stability and the economy.