All pages with keywords: climate risks

Stephane Zuber – Discounting, Risk and Inequality: a general approach

Research Seminar Serie 20 Nov 2013

Speaker: Stephane Zuber, Centre Universitaire des Saints-Pères, Paris read more »

Jennifer Helgeson – New Approaches to Risk Mitigation/Adaptation: agriculture, risk, microinsurance, and the farmer

Seminar 1 Dec 2010

Part of the LSE-Imperial Grantham PhD seminar series (Michaelmas term) Speaker: Jennifer Helgeson

Risk Management and Climate Change

Risk Management and Climate Change

Policy Seminar David Stainforth, Simon Dietz 14 Jan 2014

event was hosted by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute. A series of presentations, chaired by Nick Silver, (Director, Callund Consulting and … read more »

Private-sector adaptation to climate risk

Private-sector adaptation to climate risk

a research article by Swenja Surminski 21 October, 2013

Reference Surminski, S. October 2013. Private-sector adaptation to climate risk. Nature Climate Change, v.3, pp.943-945.  

Climate change and extreme weather events in developing countries. Future Risk: climate change and energy security – global challenges and implications

Climate change and extreme weather events in developing countries. Future Risk: climate change and energy security – global challenges and implications

a policy publication by Swenja Surminski 26 September, 2013

Chartered Insurance Institute, Centenary Future Risk Series: Report 3. Chartered Insurance Institute, London, UK. – Link to publisher

An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England

An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England

a policy publication by Sam Fankhauser, Nicola Ranger, Jonathan Colmer, Swenja Surminski, David Stainforth 1 March, 2013

An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England read more »

Current knowledge on relevant methodologies and data requirements as well as lessons learned and gaps identified at different levels, in assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.

Current knowledge on relevant methodologies and data requirements as well as lessons learned and gaps identified at different levels, in assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.

a policy publication by Swenja Surminski 26 September, 2012

UNFCCC Technical Report read more »

Climate confusion

Climate confusion

a commentary by Bob Ward 6 July, 2012

‘A responsible and effective approach to managing the risks of climate change requires action in advance’ Sir, Matt Ridley’s rather silly attack on the Met Office (“The forecast said warm. … read more »

Emerging approaches to climate risk management. Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

Emerging approaches to climate risk management. Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

a research article 18 November, 2010

Description The quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change on water availability and water resources management requires knowledge of climate, hydro(geo)logical and water resources models, and particularly the relationships … read more »

Copenhagen summit: We should not just keep calm and carry on, argues Bob Ward from LSE

Copenhagen summit: We should not just keep calm and carry on, argues Bob Ward from LSE

a commentary by Bob Ward 11 December, 2009

As new data shows world temperatures are rising, Bob Ward from the Grantham Research Institute says we should stop being complacent because our world is about to change dramatically. Mail … read more »