News & commentaries
Surface water flooding set to increase sharply, putting the success of Flood Re into question
The Flood Re insurance scheme will fail to reduce flood risk and the number of London households eligible for the scheme could increase by up to 75% during its lifespan, … read more »
Taking a risk on the weather
Swenja Surminski looks at how the insurance industry is having to adapt to cope with the challenges of possible climate change and highlights some of the problems it faces read more »
Investigating private sector adaptation to climate change: The case of Tata Teleservices
Jennifer Steeves and Swenja Surminski reflect on findings of their recent research into what companies are already doing in terms of climate change adaptation. read more »
Letters from Sendai – No 2: Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is at the heart of any risk management effort. In the context of disaster and climate risks advances are being made to improve our understanding of current and future risks. read more »
Lima: a stronger role for climate risk management
Nexus – Research blog of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
New insurance scheme boosts Africa’s battle against climate change
Africa’s struggle to cope with the impacts of climate change has received a major boost this month with the very first policies to insure governments against food insecurity caused by … read more »
Engaging the Private Sector to Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation
CCCEP’s Alina Averchenkova co-organized and presented at the regional Latin America and Caribbean workshop of the Low-Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme of the UNDP on ‘Engaging the Private Sector to … read more »
Grantham Research Institute and Department of Law host mock trial event as part of LSE Literary Festival
Next Friday, 28th February, the Grantham Research Institute and Department of Law will be staging a mock trial, with support from legal experts at Matrix Chambers. The prosecution and defence teams will set out the case for and against the baby boomer generation in respect to their contribution towards global climate change read more »
