Asia has lost $2 trillion to extreme weather in the past 3 decades

China has been the most affected economically, incurring $706 billion in costs and recording 42,000 deaths due to events such as floods and heatwaves. In the same period, 9,400 extreme weather events were recorded worldwide. Resulting in $4.2 trillion in economic losses and the loss of 765,000 lives. Here are 2 more climate and nature stories this week