UN: Annual cost of environmental damage tops $6.6tn

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New study reckons environmental damage carried out during 2008 resulted in financial costs equivalent to 11 per cent of GDP

Global environmental damage resulting from human activity resulted in an economic cost of $6.6tn (£4.2tn) during 2008, equivalent to 11 per cent of global GDP, and is set to cost $28tn a year by 2050....

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