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World Service,27 Dec 2021,49 mins

Calculating the toll of climate change related disasters

Newsday

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The charity Christian Aid has identified 10 extreme events that each caused more than $1.5bn of damage in 2021 - and brought misery to millions of people. Somalia's president has suspended his prime minister, accusing him of corruption amid a deepening political crisis. And there's an uneasy calm on the Canary Islands after the volcano there quietened after spewing lava for almost three months. So does that mean life can now go back to normal?

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