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Catastrophic risks and insurance : proceedings, [OECD Conference on Catastrophic Risks and Insurance]
Messy, Flore-Anne (contributor) - 2005
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Catastrophic Risks and Insurance
2005
These proceedings, based on a conference held in November 2004 at OECD in Paris, present leading academic analysis as well as government and private sector information and experience-sharing on how governments and the financial and insurance sectors can deal with losses caused by terrorism,...
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Test No. 315: Bioaccumulation in Sediment-dwelling Benthic Oligochaetes
2008
This Test Guideline describes a method to assess bioaccumulation of sediment-associated chemicals in endobenthic oligochaetes worms. It applies to stable, neutral organic chemicals having log Kow values between 3.0 and 6.0, superlipophilic substances that show a log Kow of more than 6.0, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442038
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Test No. 417: Toxicokinetics
2010
studies performed with the substance (normally the rat, a minimum of 4 animals of one sex for each dose). Initial estimation …
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Purchasing power parities (PPP)
OECD - 20XX
Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are the rates of currency conversion that try to equalise the purchasing power of different currencies, by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries. The basket of goods and services priced is a sample of all those that are part of final...
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Climate Change in the European Alps : Adapting Winter Tourism and Natural Hazards Management
Agrawala, Shardul (contributor) - 2007
This report assesses the implications of climate change on winter tourism and natural hazards management in the European Alps, with a particular focus on how these activities can adapt to climate change. The report presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of the effects of climate...
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Climate and Disaster Resilience Financing in Small Island Developing States
2016
taking – and in many cases leading – to ensure that climate and disaster resilience is addressed as an integral part of their … international community to consider financing for climate and disaster resilience that is appropriate for the challenges that SIDS … face. The report is a jointly funded initiative of the OECD and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery …
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Common Ground Between the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework : Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction
OECD - 2020
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Paris Agreement on climate change provides a clear mandate for increased coherence … in countries’ approaches to climate and disaster risk reduction. Countries increasingly recognise the benefits of … approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction across levels of government and sectors. It identifies ways …
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