For example, the long-term economic growth effects of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras were such that six years after the hurricane struck in 1998, GDP was estimated to be 6% to 9% below what it would have been without the hurricane (CDKN, 2012a). Without measures to manage these risks, the losses from natural disasters and extreme events in low and middle-income countries may even rise faster than their economic growth rates (CDKN, 2012a). Many developing countries are already locked into energy sources that emit high levels of pollution and greenhouse gases.