IFC - an overview; IFC in Latin America; IFC and climate change (from risk to opportunity); IFC- why do we care?; Insurance Requirements? IFC's Approach; Risk modeling - the future; Climate-related Products...

Help to improve understanding of CC impacts i.e. High quality in risk measurement and risk assessment (GEO). Use knowledge to turn risk into value/generate opportunities from CC. Development of New products and Services: innovative solutions, risk transfer schemes complementary to traditional...

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...

Extreme weather patterns are causing major damage on property and business and the question of who pays is becoming a serious issue. A law and economics point of view focuses on the problem that emitters of greenhouse gases externalize the true costs of their contribution to climate change...

Implementing adaption measures are required to reduce society's vulnerability to climate risk and maintain the risk at manageable levels. These measures will help ensure the long-term availability and affordability of insurance...

First, we must insist that the "Best Science" is informing our understanding of the future risks, and how these risks are apportioned across different geographies and amongst different stakeholders. We need for this science to be both objective and robust as there are significant uncertainties...