Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks

Severe storms, record heat waves, intense droughts, and floods—the impact of climate change rises every year and economic and financial losses rise with it. Insurance plays a major role in helping businesses in advanced economies mitigate the conse...

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Main Authors:	Miller, Alan, Swann, Stacy
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	INSURANCE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE IMPACT STORMS DROUGHT FLOODS HEAT WAVES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL DISASTERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970031477478795121/Innovative-insurance-to-manage-climate-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30332

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spelling	okr-10986-303322021-05-25T10:54:41Z Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy INSURANCE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE IMPACT STORMS DROUGHT FLOODS HEAT WAVES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL DISASTERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Severe storms, record heat waves, intense droughts, and floods—the impact of climate change rises every year and economic and financial losses rise with it. Insurance plays a major role in helping businesses in advanced economies mitigate the consequences of the changing climate and prepare for policy changes ahead. But insurance in emerging markets isn’t yet able to make the same contribution, despite the fact that natural disasters disproportionally affect people and firms in these countries. Recently, however, a number of new business and donor initiatives have begun to create innovative approaches to using insurance to address climate change. 2018-09-04T21:06:38Z 2018-09-04T21:06:38Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970031477478795121/Innovative-insurance-to-manage-climate-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30332 English EMCompass,no. 9; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic	INSURANCE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE IMPACT STORMS DROUGHT FLOODS HEAT WAVES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL DISASTERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle	INSURANCE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE IMPACT STORMS DROUGHT FLOODS HEAT WAVES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL DISASTERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks
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description	Severe storms, record heat waves, intense droughts, and floods—the impact of climate change rises every year and economic and financial losses rise with it. Insurance plays a major role in helping businesses in advanced economies mitigate the consequences of the changing climate and prepare for policy changes ahead. But insurance in emerging markets isn’t yet able to make the same contribution, despite the fact that natural disasters disproportionally affect people and firms in these countries. Recently, however, a number of new business and donor initiatives have begun to create innovative approaches to using insurance to address climate change.
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author	Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy
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title	Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks
title_short	Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks
title_full	Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks
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publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
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Innovative Insurance to Manage Climate Risks

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