There are indeed many unknowns: climate science deals in probability and risk, not in certainties. However, if we value the well being of our children and grandchildren, even small risk of catastrophic events merit an insurance-based precautionary approach...

Overview ; Current Insurance Cat Regulation ; AMIS Climate Change Group ; The Mexican Hydrometeorological Perils Endorsement ; Deficiencies in Building Codes...

IFC - an overview; IFC in Latin America; IFC and climate change (from risk to opportunity); IFC- why do we care?; Insurance Requirements? IFC's Approach; Risk modeling - the future; Climate-related Products...

Weather and climate are among the factors that determine the geographic range and incidence of several major causes of ill health, including morbidity and mortality due to temperature extremes, other extreme weather events...

The influence of mankind on the Earth in recent years has become so significant as to constitute a new geological era: The Anthropocene...

Sustainable development in the face of climate change in LAC is as much threatened by the uncontrolled grwoth of the urban areas, and the growth of the urban areas, and the growth of urban poverty and precariousness, as by urban environmental degradation...

The Catlin Arctic Survey is an international collaboration between polar explorers and scientists. The primary aims: To gather data about the thickness and density of Arctic Ocean see ice that could only be gathered by polar explorers, For scientists to use this data to predict with greater...

Help to improve understanding of CC impacts i.e. High quality in risk measurement and risk assessment (GEO). Use knowledge to turn risk into value/generate opportunities from CC. Development of New products and Services: innovative solutions, risk transfer schemes complementary to traditional...

The "climate revolution" will assist product development; Role of insurance tackling climate change needs to be further established; Expand insurance penetration; Insurance is a part of solution...

First, we must insist that the "Best Science" is informing our understanding of the future risks, and how these risks are apportioned across different geographies and amongst different stakeholders. We need for this science to be both objective and robust as there are significant uncertainties...