The role of insurers in promoting adaptation to the impacts of climate change

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Ward, Robert E T ^a   Herweijer, Celine ^a   Patmore, Nicola ^a   Muir Wood, Robert ^a  

^a RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Insurance; Mitigation; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949143049     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510153     Document Type: Article

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