Climate change

All societies need to understand how and where they must adapt to climate change. Swiss Re is a lead contributor to Shaping Climate Resilient Development, a report introducing an approach and methodology to make this happen.

Economics of climate adaptation

Authored by the ECA working group, this report applies the methodology to 8 case studies and identifies significant potential for cost-effective adaptation measures.

Annualised losses of 1-12% of GDP result from existing climate patterns in locations studied.

 

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	Martin Parry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Climate adaptation programme Designed to develop a financial risk transfer market for the effects of adverse weather in emerging countries »