... and other inputs.
Index insurance represents an attractive alternative for managing weather and climate risk because it uses a weather index, such as rainfall, to determine payouts. This resolves a ...
... CIESIN ranked countries by looking at three climate risks: sea-level rise, increased ... Defense Strategy that includes planning for environmental and climate problems.
Richard Engle, deputy national ...
Moves around the world to drain marshes and other wetlands to make space for farming could be hastening climate change, scientists gathering in Brazil from Monday will be hearing.
... plans, investment decisions, budgets or staffing patterns in response to climate risks."
The report cites:
New York City's 40-year-old building codes that require structures ...
... pre-defined proportion of high-level risks of disaster losses in vulnerable (primarily developing) ... prone countries to successfully manage the new climate risks. MCII believes that insurance mechanisms ...
... of its biodiversity as projected by a comprehensive study on future butterfly distribution. The Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies predicts northward shifts in potential distribution area of ...
In an updated chart of climate risks, the red zone has grown.
Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a ...
... . Others have recognized that mitigation and adaptation can work hand in hand in a coordinated climate risk-management strategy and are offering "green" insurance products designed to capture these ...
The EU proposes spending billions of dollars to protect poor nations from climate impacts - campaigners want more.
Summary: A new analysis of climate risk, published by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, shows that even ... around a 50-50 chance of stabilizing the climate" at a level of no more than a few tenths above ...
... the first lap in a long race to reduce the environmental and economic risks associated with climate change, according to a climate risk analyst with CSIRO's Energy Transformed Flagship, Dr Roger Jones ...
Two new reports released Wednesday suggest that global concerns over energy supply still trump global warming worries.
Nitrogen trifluoride in televisions could have more impact on global warming than coal-fired power stations
Exploitation of North America's shale and tar-sand oil reserves could increase atmospheric CO2 levels by up to 15%, a new report from WWF-UK and the major UK financial group Co-Operative Financial ...
