Why (most) climate insurance schemes are a bad idea

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-339

  Duus Otterström, Göran ^a   Jagers, Sverker C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Fairness; Insurance; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MODELING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79956348268     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.573354     Document Type: Article

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