U.S. insurance industry perspectives on global climate change / Evan Mills, Eugene Lecomte [and] Andrew Peara.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2001Description: 185 p. : illSubject(s): DDC classification: - 368.122 21
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | F368.122 UNI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 011654573 |
February 2001
This work was funded by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No.DE-AC03-765F00098, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Atmospheric Programs
Includes bibliography (p. 129-141)
1. Setting the stage: insurance, natural disasters, and climate change in context -- 2. The transfer of risk and insurance -- 3. Understanding insurers' and governments' vulnerability and capacity to absorb losses -- 4. The U.S. insurance community looks at global climate change -- 5. Differences between the viewpoints of U.S. and non-U.S. insurers -- 6. U.S. insurer perspectives on climate science and catastrophe modeling -- 7. Surmountable barriers -- 8. Summary and analysis
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