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Insurance only part of disaster resilience, says climate change panel
2013-03-06 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: In most developing countries, farmers risk losing their crops and livestock to droughts or floods, and the recent intensity of these climatic shocks has been record-setting. As the losses from these events mount, the developing world has been turning to the experiences of richer nations in transferring risk through mechanisms such as insurance. But experts including the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its special report on managing the risks of extreme events...
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10/04/2013 - Regional Resilience Event - North
2013-02-26 16:32:21| BIFM Events
Regional Resilience Event - North
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Exploring Climate Resilience and Energy Sense
2013-02-23 00:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: I visited Los Angeles this week to discuss new approaches to environmental communication with students and faculty at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability of the University of California, Los Angeles. I also joined two of the university`s professors - the climate scientist Alex Hall and the environmental historian Jon Christensen - for an onstage Zócalo Public Square discussion of this question: "Should we just adapt to climate change?" (The answer of course is...drumroll...no.) I...
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United Kingdom: Wales urged to beef up climate resilience
2013-02-18 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Welsh government will today be urged to step up efforts to tackle climate change and adapt to the effects of global warming, in a new report which warns major challenges remain for the nation if it is to meet its ambitious environmental goals. The Climate Change Commission for Wales - a cross party and industry group that helps to drive Wales' climate change strategy - will today outline its priorities for the coming year as it aims to meet its ambition of delivering three per cent year-on-year...
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Extreme weather and Resilience of coastal communities in United States
2013-02-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Hurricane Sandy was a fearsome reminder that coastal communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental variability, and that vulnerability is only expected to increase with climate change. Brown University scientists Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions, will discuss these challenges this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement...
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