The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …
This chapter looks at what we can learn about possible Loss and Damage (L&D) and finance needed to address it using economic Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), which …
LM Bouwer - Loss and damage from climate change: Concepts …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter presents current knowledge of observed and projected impacts from extreme weather events, based on recorded events and their losses, as well as studies that project …
JA Linnerooth-Bayer, S Surminski, LM Bouwer… - Loss and damage from …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter asks whether insurance instruments, especially micro-insurance and regional insurance pools, can serve as a risk-reducing and equitable compensatory response to …
Abstract The European Union (EU) is increasingly connected to the rest of the world via flows of people, capital, goods and resources, exposing it to the potential impacts of climate …
Climate change affects the supply of nature-based tourism opportunities as well as the demand visitors place on those opportunities. Climate-induced changes in visitor demand …
Despite increasing empirical evidence of strong links between climate and economic growth, there is no established model to describe the dynamics of how different types of …
L Schäfer, K Warner, S Kreft - Loss and damage from climate change …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter aims to inform the Loss & Damage debate by analysing the degree to which insurance can be used as a tool to explore and manage adaptation frontiers. It establishes …
E Georgopoulou, S Mirasgedis, Y Sarafidis… - Theoretical and applied …, 2019 - Springer
The impacts of climate change are of primary importance for economic sectors whose proper operation greatly depends on climatic conditions; this is particularly true for beach tourism …