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Updated information Dec 3, 2021 When nature says 'Enough!': the river that appeared overnight in Argentina A new watercourse is playing havoc with farmland and roads and even threatening a city – but also highlights the potential cost of the country’s dependence on soya beans    ==================================================

This info is from UNEP/TEEB NEWS RELEASE The Natural Capital at Risk: the Top 100 Externalities for Business Report at http://www.teebforbusiness.org New Study Shows Multi-Trillion Dollar Natural Capital Risk Underlining Urgency of Green Economy Transition LONDON / NEW DELHI, 15 April 2013 – A new report by the TEEB for Business Coalition estimates the global top 100 environmental externalities are costing the economy world-wide around US$4.7 trillion a year in terms of the economic costs of greenhouse gas emissions, loss of natural resources, loss of nature-based services such as carbon storage by forests, climate change and air pollution-related health costs. The report, “Natural Capital at Risk – The Top 100 Externalities of Business”, was released today during the Business for the Environment summit in New Delhi. Planetary boundaries are being approached at a reckless pace, and some argue that global biodiversity, nitrogen and climate thresholds have already been breached....