South Asia: 1.4 billion people facing 'severe' natural hazard risks

BusinessGreen staff
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Latest research from Verisk Maplecroft warns 81 per cent of the region's population acutely exposed to natural hazards

The scale of the environmental and other natural hazards faced by some of the world's leading export economies was underlined today, as a new report warned 1.4 billion people living in South Asia faced...

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