2003 climate havoc 'cost $60bn'

A UN conference on climate change has been warned about the growing impact of global warming on mankind. Senior UN official Klaus Toepfer said climate change was a reality that would increasingly lead to human suffering and economic hardship.

Natural disasters, mostly caused by extreme weather, cost more than $60bn this year alone, the international conference in Italy was told.

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What a dreadful waste. That money could have funded another invasion of a Muslim country.:rolleyes