Insuring the uninsurable: Design options for a climate change funding mechanism

Climate Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 637-647

  Bals, Christoph ^a   Warner, Koko ^b   Butzengeiger, Sonja ^c  

^a Germanwatch eV DrWerner Schuster Haus   (Germany)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation finance; Climate change; Developing countries; Insurance; Post 2012 negotiations; Risk reduction; Scheme design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSURANCE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447576976     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2006.9685629     Document Type: Article

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