according to research by the international chambers of commerce,total economic losses since the parisit 2 trillion dollars. with natural disaters over the past decade directly affecting some 1.6 billion people. john denton — from the international chamber of commerce which is behind those numbers — told the bbc that he hopes to focus minds at the summit. 0ne one of the dangers in the way in which this whole process is unfolding is that politicians and bureaucrats have been able to keep the issue down the road. what we are saying is this is now, the other reality we are pointing at them is the economic damage caused here is the same as the economic damaged caused by the global financial crisis, and yet then readers were able to coalesce and come out with a clear plan for moving forward. we have the same damage, and the same opportunity, yet we yet to get the leadership coalescing. the uk itself has suffered something like $40 billion worth of damage here. it is really important. and also for some of the commonwealth territories, like the british virgin islands, the actual damage per ca

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germany in 2022, which were also delivered to austria. legal claims followed and the international chamber of commerce came down with the settlement last week. however, in may of this year, a russian part concluded that guy's problem could not be affected by decisions made in foreign at jurisdictions. meanwhile, austria's neighbor, the czech republic, is making a you turn on energy policy. prog announced it was nearly 100 percent free of russian gas dependents last year. but with prices of alternative energy sources on the rise, it's reported to be quietly ramping up in ports of russian fuel by at slovakia with temperatures dropping and as promised potential suspensions, european gas prices have risen by nearly a 3rd since the summer. think levels climbed to more than 45 year old per megawatt hour on thursday. earlier we spoke with global policy research here george samuel a who says you politicians have only themselves to blame for the crisis. it will always have to keep in mind that this is entirely a self inflicted move on the part of the european nations of the you. if that happened to impose thes

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secretary general of the international chamber of commerce. he valencia region in eastern spain are still grappling with the aftermath of extreme weather. the recent storm and flooding which left more than 220 dead is one of the country's worst natural disasters in living memory. the local government is asking madrid for more than 30 billion euros to fund reconstruction. montserrat guillen is professor of economics at the university of barcelona. it's a huge problem there for the valencia region, and also barcelona recently hit by quite heavy flooding. talk us through the implications of this? the implications are immediate. three sectors have been hit by this disaster. first of all, the infrastructures around valencia are very damaged. there are 33 infrastructures like bridges, the train between valencia and madrid is still not workingment and mobility is difficult. the second sector is agriculture in the area has been severely also influ especiallied by this —— influenced by this catastrophe. and then small firms, stores and the retail sector