Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays

Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea coupled with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are upending international trade, inflating costs and causing major delays, the UN’s trade and development body said on Thursday.

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Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays

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