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Global warming-induced damage to cost $500 bil. a year

TOKYO, Japan - A residential area in Ayutthaya, Thailand, is seen flooded in this file photo taken in November 2011. The U.N. Environment Program estimates that up to $500 billion will be needed per year through 2050 to address global warming-induced damage caused by floods and droughts in developing nations.

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UDD rally in Ayutthaya to support Prime Minister Yingluck

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Members and supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) gather in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 15, 2014, to show their support for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has been under severe political pressure aimed at unseating her.

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UDD rally in Ayutthaya to support Yingluck

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Members and supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) gather in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 15, 2014, to show their support for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has been under severe political pressure aimed at unseating her.

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Rice harvest in Ayutthaya

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Rice is harvested in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on Sept. 8, 2012.

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Japan prince in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito visits ancient ruins in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on June 26, 2012. The prince is on a three-nation tour in Southeast Asia.

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Honda resumes production at Thai plant

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks at a Honda Motor Co. plant in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, on March 31, 2012, during a ceremony to mark the plant's restart of production the previous week after massive flooding inundated it and crippled the automaker's output for five and a half months.

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Honda resumes production at Thai plant

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Employees of Honda Motor Co.'s four-wheel plant in Ayutthaya, central Thailand, arrive at the plant on March 26, 2012, when the Japanese automaker restarted production at the plant five and a half months after it was inundated and crippled by massive flooding.

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Honda resumes production at Thai plant

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Employees of Honda Motor Co.'s four-wheel plant in Ayutthaya, central Thailand, arrive at the plant on March 26, 2012, when the Japanese automaker restarted production at the plant five and a half months after it was inundated and crippled by massive flooding.

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Job interviews for people affected by flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - People who lost their jobs due to the widespread flooding in Thailand in late 2011 visit tents set up by Japanese companies for job interviews in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2012.

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Drainage work at industrial complex in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Water is drained using Japanese water-pumping vehicles at the flooded Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 23, 2011. The Japanese government has sent 10 of the vehicles and engineers to Thailand as part of emergency aid to deal with the flooding.

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Drainage work at industrial complex in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Water is drained using Japanese water-pumping vehicles at the flooded Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 23, 2011. The Japanese government has sent 10 of the vehicles and engineers to Thailand as part of emergency aid to deal with the flooding.

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Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - A tourist clad in hip waders stands in 30 centimeter-deep water at Wat Maha That in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011, to capture a visual memory of an ancient Buddha head entwined, possibly for centuries, in the roots of a Bodhi tree.

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Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Photo taken in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011, shows an elephant and mahout that are part of the clean-up teams trying to return the World Heritage site and ancient Thai capital to normal after weeks of flooding inundated all but three of 505 active Buddhist temples in Ayutthaya Province.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Flooded Canon plant in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - A plant affiliated with Japan's Canon Inc. is flooded in the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, on Oct. 13, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, is flooded on Oct. 13, 2011, following downpours since summer.

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, is flooded on Oct. 13, 2011, following downpours since summer.

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Honda Automobile plant in flood-hit Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Photo shows a plant of Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., a subsidiary of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co., at Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, on Oct. 13, 2011. Operations at the factory have been suspended due to massive flooding.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies continue in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Vehicles carrying supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drive through the streets of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 13, 2010, en route to Bangkok.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies continue in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Vehicles carrying supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drive through the streets of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 13, 2010, en route to Bangkok.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies continue in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Vehicles carrying supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drive through the streets of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 13, 2010, en route to Bangkok.