Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change

Emerging markets are especially vulnerable to threats from climate change. Storms, droughts, and floods jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers, while extreme temperatures limit the ability of workers to be outdoors. Insurance is one tool that can he...

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Main Authors: Miller, Alan, Swann, Stacy
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555151477473722580/Insurance-options-for-addressing-climate-change
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spelling okr-10986-303392021-05-25T10:54:41Z Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE IMPACT INSURANCE NATURAL DISASTERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT FOOD SECURITY Emerging markets are especially vulnerable to threats from climate change. Storms, droughts, and floods jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers, while extreme temperatures limit the ability of workers to be outdoors. Insurance is one tool that can help emerging markets adapt to climate change by heading off threats before they become disasters. Some pilot projects around the world are showing promise in using insurance to help emerging markets reduce the impact of climate change. 2018-09-05T17:26:58Z 2018-09-05T17:26:58Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555151477473722580/Insurance-options-for-addressing-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30339 English EMCompass,no. 13; 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 CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
INSURANCE
NATURAL DISASTERS
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
FOOD SECURITY
spellingShingle CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
INSURANCE
NATURAL DISASTERS
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
FOOD SECURITY
Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
relation EMCompass,no. 13;
description Emerging markets are especially vulnerable to threats from climate change. Storms, droughts, and floods jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers, while extreme temperatures limit the ability of workers to be outdoors. Insurance is one tool that can help emerging markets adapt to climate change by heading off threats before they become disasters. Some pilot projects around the world are showing promise in using insurance to help emerging markets reduce the impact of climate change.
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author Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_facet Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_sort Miller, Alan
title Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
title_short Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
title_full Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
title_fullStr Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed Insurance Options for Addressing Climate Change
title_sort insurance options for addressing climate change
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555151477473722580/Insurance-options-for-addressing-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30339
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