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Economic Cost Of Climate Change Getting Severe

Professor Dr Hafezali Iqbal Hussain, Head of Research at Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University

20-Jul-23 07:45

Economic Cost Of Climate Change Getting Severe

In July, the world reached a grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes as we saw the two hottest days ever recorded and severe floods in South Korea and China, and Typhoons hitting Hong Kong and Vietnam. We speak to Prof Dr Hafezali Iqbal Hussain, Head of Research at Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University on the economic impact of climate change and what can we do to adapt to these supply chain and production disruptions.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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Categories:  economyenvironmentinternational

Tags:  heatwaves 2023climate changeeconomic impact





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