Global warming : element of risk.

Contributor(s):

Brauner, Christian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Zurich, Switzerland : Swiss Reinsurance Company, 1994Description: 48 p. : col. illSubject(s):

DDC classification:

551.6 20

Contents:

Subject: Is the climate in fact changing? And if so, will it lead to more natural catastrophes, to more damage or possibly even to the collapse of entire nations? This question is vital to society. It is the subject of highly ambitious research projects. Yet no answer is possible since the climate-man syndrome is out of our knowlede range. This publication therefore makes no attempt to banish this uncertainty. On the contrary: it accepts climate as an incalculable element that is fraught with hazard and risk

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"Translated by the Translation and Terminology Section of Swiss Re: this publication is also available in German, French, Spanish and Italian"-T.p. verso

Foreword: the calm before the storm -- Introduction: it's not what you know -- Cause and effect -- The climatological bases -- The concept of variable climate -- Risk and climate -- Example of magnitude -- The possible consequences -- Possible solutions

Is the climate in fact changing? And if so, will it lead to more natural catastrophes, to more damage or possibly even to the collapse of entire nations? This question is vital to society. It is the subject of highly ambitious research projects. Yet no answer is possible since the climate-man syndrome is out of our knowlede range. This publication therefore makes no attempt to banish this uncertainty. On the contrary: it accepts climate as an incalculable element that is fraught with hazard and risk

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