The insurance industry and climate change - Contribution to the global debate

At the General Assembly of the Geneva Association held 28-31 May 2008 in Hamilton, Bermuda, the CEOs of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies decided to launch a new research project on climate change and its economic impact on insurance (CC+I). This initiative reflects one of the key long-term priority areas of The Geneva Association...

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Year of publication:	2009-07-01
Authors:	Liedtke, Patrick M.
Institutions:	International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics
Subject:	Versicherungsbetriebslehre \| insurance management \| Risikomanagement \| risk management \| Versicherungswirtschaft \| Klimaänderung \| climate change \| changement climatique \| Kyoto-Protokoll \| Kyoto

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Foreword
Kyoto Statement of the Geneva Association
Chapter 1: The relevance of insurance to climate-sensitive economic development
Chapter 2: Physical effects of climate change from an insurance perspective
Chapter 3: Impact of climate change on the world economy in a "business as usual" scenario
Chapter 4: An overview of the response to climate change: mitigation and adaptation
Chapter 5: Insurance and climate change - from reaction to pro-action
Chapter 6: The landscape of climate coopoeration between governments and the insurance industry
Chapter 7: Climate change and emerging markets: the role of the insurance industry in climate risk management
Chapter 8: Leadership by insurance - how the insurance industry can establish best practices in its business models related to climate change
Conclusions
References
Glossary
List of acronyms
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