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India Tops List of Countries at Risk From River Flooding, Analysis Shows

Gross domestic product at risk of flooding in India, the world’s second-most populous nation, may surge 10-fold by 2030 as cities expand and climate challenges worsen, according to the World Resources Institute. A new online global flood-analyzing tool developed by …

UK Climate Agency Faults Flood Re’s Costs as ‘Higher than Necessary’

In a letter to Brendan McCafferty, the Chief Executive of the UK’s recently established flood insurance program, Subcommittee Chairman, Prof. Lord Krebs, wrote that the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has concluded that “Flood Re’s costs are higher than …