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Can Japan's disaster help prepare the world for climate change?

Source(s): Christian Science Monitor
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'Nobody expected that a tsunami would affect Japan's nuclear plants. And climate change will raise the possibility of such awful', unlikely happenings around the world, says UCLA economics professor, Matthew Kahn in an opinion piece for The Christian Science Monitor.

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Hazards Earthquake Technological hazard Tsunami NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Themes Climate change Economics of DRR Structural safety
Country and region Japan

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