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How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest

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"[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax."

"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

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Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?

Humanity faces a massive food and economic crisis amid worsening water shortages, particularly in regions producing 25-50% of the world's food crops.

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The OECD-backed Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) has said the brewing water crisis may cut high-income nations' GDP growth by 8%.

Report: Earth Braces For Major Crisis as Water Cycle Goes "off balance"

Report: Earth Braces For Major Crisis as Water Cycle Goes "off balance"

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Report: Earth Braces For Major Crisis as Water Cycle Goes "off balance"

Report: Earth Braces For Major Crisis as Water Cycle Goes "off balance"

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Guterres

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