Cities and Urbanization

How climate change could damage the middle class

A man stands in flood waters as fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 6, 2005.

'More fear, less fun' ... global warming and middle-class wealth are directly related, says UBS Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Joe Myers
Writer, Forum Agenda
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