Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
Insurance
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Global disaster costs in 2017 to hit $306 billion: Swiss Re
Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared by 63 percent to strike an estimated $306 billion in 2017, reinsurance firm Swiss Re said Wednesday. "The US was hardest hit, including
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Climate risk insurance for resilience: assessing countries' implementation plans
This report provides the first bottom-up assessment of countries’ articulated demands over climate risk insurance in their climate policy pledges as part of the Paris Agreement. It is the result of a collaboration
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Reducing vulnerability among smallholder farmers through index-based flood insurance in India: equity matters
This technical brief describes efforts to develop remote sensing products for index-based flood insurance (IBFI) that can accurately depict yield loss due to adverse weather and other disasters on smallholder
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Climate insurance is rarely well thought out in agriculture
Internationally subsidised agricultural insurance is intended to protect farmers in developing countries from the effects of climate change. However, it can also lead to undesirable ecological and social
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U.S. flood insurance program sees $11 billion payments for Texas flooding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal flood insurance program estimates it will make $11 billion in payments through the government-run program for flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey, the program’s
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SADC considers establishing regional risk insurance
Southern Africa is set to establish a regional risk insurance scheme aimed at improving its rapid response to natural disasters. Risk financing and insurance is one of the several measures that most
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SC: PUC must for renewal of vehicle insurance
The Centre for Science and Environment welcomed the top court decision and said that it can have far reaching impact on curbing air pollution. New Delhi: In a bid to curb pollution, the Supreme Court
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Insurance for poor could protect the most disaster-vulnerable- governments
Insurance is an underused way to help save lives in natural disasters and soften their impact on the poorest countries - and it needs to be better understood by governments and aid groups, said insurers,
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As drought bites, livestock insurance aids pastoralists in Ethiopia
For pastoralists like Jilo Datecha, the persistent drought afflicting southern Ethiopia’s Borena zone has made the prospects for earning a living grim. The semi-arid landscape of bushes and acacia trees,
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ARC Drought Insurance is wrong model for resilience in Malawi –ActionAid
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)- The Malawi Government made the wrong risk in purchasing the US$5 million Insurance from African Risk Capacity (ARC) to cover for the 2015/2016 el-Nino impact, with revelation that