How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient

How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient

In emerging markets, climate change threatens infrastructure that is critical for development. Roads, airports, water systems, and power plants are vulnerable to weather changes. Severe storms and major droughts can disrupt economic activity. Becau...

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Main Authors: Miller, Alan, Swann, Stacy
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
INSURANCE
SURETY BOND
RISING SEA LEVEL
CLIMATE RISK
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/270741477474001083/How-to-make-infrastructure-climate-resilient
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spelling okr-10986-303402021-05-25T10:54:41Z How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy CLIMATE RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT INSURANCE SURETY BOND RISING SEA LEVEL CLIMATE RISK In emerging markets, climate change threatens infrastructure that is critical for development. Roads, airports, water systems, and power plants are vulnerable to weather changes. Severe storms and major droughts can disrupt economic activity. Because private companies and investors in emerging markets often manage infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships, they will now need to address climate change risks when planning and building these projects. The uncertainty of such risks has made incorporating them into project planning a challenge, but new tools and approaches, including insurance, are helping PPPs better respond to climate risks. 2018-09-05T18:26:23Z 2018-09-05T18:26:23Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/270741477474001083/How-to-make-infrastructure-climate-resilient http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30340 English EMCompass,no. 14; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic CLIMATE RESILIENCE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
INSURANCE
SURETY BOND
RISING SEA LEVEL
CLIMATE RISK
spellingShingle CLIMATE RESILIENCE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
INSURANCE
SURETY BOND
RISING SEA LEVEL
CLIMATE RISK
Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
relation EMCompass,no. 14;
description In emerging markets, climate change threatens infrastructure that is critical for development. Roads, airports, water systems, and power plants are vulnerable to weather changes. Severe storms and major droughts can disrupt economic activity. Because private companies and investors in emerging markets often manage infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships, they will now need to address climate change risks when planning and building these projects. The uncertainty of such risks has made incorporating them into project planning a challenge, but new tools and approaches, including insurance, are helping PPPs better respond to climate risks.
format Brief
author Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_facet Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_sort Miller, Alan
title How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
title_short How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
title_full How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
title_fullStr How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
title_full_unstemmed How to Make Infrastructure Climate Resilient
title_sort how to make infrastructure climate resilient
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/270741477474001083/How-to-make-infrastructure-climate-resilient
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30340
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