Climate change threatens Asian coastal megacities

International Business Times: If current climate change trends persist, Asia's coastal mega-cities will flood more often, on a larger scale, and ultimately hurt economic growth in the respective countries. A study jointly undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank, determined that costs from major flooding events on infrastructure and the economy could run into the billions of dollars, with urban poor populations likely to be the hardest ......

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