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Thu 03 Mar 2010Europe must lead the way against climate scepticism
By bringing forward plans for carbon tariffs the EU can make the post-Copenhagen outlook a bit less bleak
THE REVELATION that last November’s floods and the Arctic conditions that followed will cost insurance companies €541 million should bring home to us the very real risks of extreme weather events – not least because we’re all going to be paying for them through an increase of up to 20 per cent in household insurance premiums.
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