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Globally, flooding due to climate change threatens to exact a $ 35 trillion economic toll by the 2070s.

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And she concludes by warning of the epidemic's economic impact, saying that «the bell tolls for thee, globally.»

«It looks like the Thruway Grinch is once again scheming to steal Christmas from New York taxpayers by secretly eyeing a hefty 49 percent toll hike that will cause economic pain for the families and small businesses that depend on the Thruway for travel and commerce,» said Tedisco.

«Although the tough economic climate is taking its toll on us here in the UK, its impact is being particularly deeply felt by millions of vulnerable people in developing countries, who don't have a safety net to fall back on.

He said: «Already, in little over 160 days, we have delivered major policies such as restoring free education by abolishing the graduate endowment, scrapping tolls on the Forth and Tay bridges, saving vital A&E units, and establishing the Council of Economic Advisers to help boost growth in Scotland.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode «to take steps to immediately reverse the unfair and discriminatory toll charges at the Lekki - Epe Expressway and Lekki - Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gates by the Lekki Concession Company, if the Lagos State government is not to run the risk of undermining the public interests, democratic values and accountability, and opportunities for participation.»

The Centre for Vision in the Developing World, set up by University of Oxford physicist Joshua Silver, says that by 2030 eyesight will be one of the world's top 10 health issues in terms of productivity and opportunities — taking a bigger economic toll than the HIV epidemic.

Actually, as the Pickens example proves, global economic downturns take a toll on the environment by restraining economic activity that could improve the situation.

That's not to mention the various physiological and economic tolls faced by individuals and economies.

It appears in flashes: the family's economic troubles (and the toll it takes on their relationships), the tensions created by wealth disparity, the widespread social and psychological problems produced by such conditions.

Between the shutdown of oil refineries and chemical plants, impaired roads and ports, and widespread damage to homes, businesses and cars, the economic toll from Hurricane Harvey is now being estimated as the second - costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, trailing only the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

«Those who justify the need for greenhouse gas reductions by exploiting the mounting human and economic toll of natural disasters worldwide are either ill - informed or dishonest.»

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