Investing in Disaster Risk Management in an Uncertain Climate

Climate change will exacerbate the challenges associated with environmental conditions, especially weather variability and extremes, in developing countries. These challenges play important, if as yet poorly understood roles in the development pros...

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Main Author:	McDermott, Thomas K.J.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	LOCAL TEMPERATURE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES FINANCIAL SERVICES UNCERTAINTIES ECONOMIC GROWTH TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURES MONETARY ECONOMICS WIND SPEED INCOME RAINFALL PATTERNS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS STORMS METEOROLOGY WIND EMISSIONS EXTREME SCENARIOS RAINFALL EVENTS INTENSE RAINFALL CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY CLIMATE EVENTS INCENTIVES CLIMATE ENVELOPE MODELS OCEAN BASINS DAMAGES TEMPORAL SCALE UNCERTAIN CLIMATE FUTURE ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME WEATHER CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS SCENARIOS TEMPORAL SCALES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY GAINS UNCERTAINTY IN CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ICE AGES RAINFALL INTENSITY MARKETS RAINFALL CLIMATIC DISASTERS ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE SURFACE TEMPERATURE CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE SCENARIO CYCLONES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE PREDICTION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS CLIMATE MODELS EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE PREDICTIONS FINANCE LAND USE INVESTMENT DECISIONS CLIMATE VARIABILITY FLOOD INSURANCE CONSUMPTION CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ECONOMIC COSTS POLICIES CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARD VALUE POLICY MAKERS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS EXTREME EVENTS GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURES CLIMATE APPLIED METEOROLOGY DEMAND CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE SYSTEM SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE VARIABLE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SENSITIVE DEEP UNCERTAINTY MARKET FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC THEORY ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE POLICY ECONOMIC ANALYSES UNCERTAIN FUTURE CLIMATE CLIMATE OUTCOMES INSURANCE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES CLIMATIC CHANGE PROBABILITY DENSITY OCEANS SEA-LEVEL RISE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE WIND SPEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FINANCIAL MARKETS ICE TROPICAL CYCLONES ALLOCATION CLIMATE EXTREMES TEMPERATURES EXTERNAL SHOCKS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS INVESTMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE POLICY SEA-LEVEL COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS HEALTH OF CLIMATE EXTREMES ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE HAZARD GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RAINFALL VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIABILITY SEASONS ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME WEATHER EVENT UNCERTAINTY IN CLIMATE PROJECTIONS BENEFITS GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26212121/investing-disaster-risk-management-uncertain-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24204