Floods, storms and heat projected to cost SE Asia $34 bln per year

Falling crop yields, damage to infrastructure and heat-related illnesses brought on by climate change could cost the four Southeast Asian countries of the lower Mekong River basin $34 billion per year, researchers say. … A report released on Monday found that climate change could cost Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam $16 billion per year in lost worker productivity, crop production and natural resource assets, plus $18 billion in infrastructure damage because of flooding, storms and extreme heat. …

Alisa Tang
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/23/climatechange-southeast-asia-idINKBN0LR1A920150223