Climate-related hazards have killed more than 2 million people in 50 years, said the UN meteorological agency.
Climate-related hazards have killed more than 2 million people in 50 years, said the UN’s meteorological agency, 90 percent of them in developing countries.
By Stephen Quillen and Reuters
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