Investing in Disaster Risk Management in an Uncertain Climate

Investing in Disaster Risk Management in an Uncertain Climate

Climate change will exacerbate the challenges associated with environmental conditions, especially weather variability and extremes, in developing countries. These challenges play important, if as yet poorly understood roles in the development pros...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDermott, Thomas K.J.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
LOCAL TEMPERATURE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
UNCERTAINTIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
TEMPERATURE
EXTREME TEMPERATURES
MONETARY ECONOMICS
WIND SPEED
INCOME
RAINFALL PATTERNS
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
STORMS
METEOROLOGY
WIND
EMISSIONS
EXTREME SCENARIOS
RAINFALL EVENTS
INTENSE RAINFALL
CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY
CLIMATE EVENTS
INCENTIVES
CLIMATE ENVELOPE
MODELS
OCEAN BASINS
DAMAGES
TEMPORAL SCALE
UNCERTAIN CLIMATE FUTURE
ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
SCENARIOS
TEMPORAL SCALES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY GAINS
UNCERTAINTY IN CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
ICE AGES
RAINFALL INTENSITY
MARKETS
RAINFALL
CLIMATIC DISASTERS
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
CLIMATE MODEL
CLIMATE SCENARIO
CYCLONES
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CLIMATE HAZARDS
CLIMATE PREDICTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
CLIMATE MODELS
EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS
EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE PREDICTIONS
FINANCE
LAND USE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
FLOOD INSURANCE
CONSUMPTION
CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
ECONOMIC COSTS
POLICIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENCE
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL CLIMATE
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARD
VALUE
POLICY MAKERS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
EXTREME EVENTS
GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURES
CLIMATE
APPLIED METEOROLOGY
DEMAND
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE SYSTEM
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE VARIABLE
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE SENSITIVE
DEEP UNCERTAINTY
MARKET
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC THEORY
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
POLICY
ECONOMIC ANALYSES
UNCERTAIN FUTURE CLIMATE
CLIMATE OUTCOMES
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
PROBABILITY DENSITY
OCEANS
SEA-LEVEL RISE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
WIND SPEEDS
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
ICE
TROPICAL CYCLONES
ALLOCATION
CLIMATE EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
INVESTMENTS
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE POLICY
SEA-LEVEL
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
HEALTH OF CLIMATE EXTREMES
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
CLIMATE INFORMATION
CLIMATE HAZARD
GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
SEASONS
ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME WEATHER EVENT
UNCERTAINTY IN CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
BENEFITS
GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26212121/investing-disaster-risk-management-uncertain-climate
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24204

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26212121/investing-disaster-risk-management-uncertain-climate
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24204

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