CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON TRADING: NEW AVENUES FOR ACTUARIES (Submitted By: Anupam Sharma‚ Deepa Gupta‚ Subhash Goyal‚ Swati Kwatra) Executive summary The increasing risk of Climate change can be measured by the fact that natural catastrophes in 2008 cost the global economy $225 billion‚ which is one of the costliest year in the history of Insurance business. It will have an impact on Insurance sector in terms of changing pattern of mortality‚ more frequent property claims etc. Climate change
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WAT E R M A N A G E M E N T F O R U R B A N R E S I L I E N C E Adapting to climate change: water management for urban resilience MIKE MULLER Mike Muller is a civil engineer by training and at present is Adjunct Professor at the School of Public and Development Management at the University of Witwatersrand. He was Director General of the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry from 1997 to 2005‚ and worked for the Mozambican government from 1979 to 1988. He was a member of
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Name: Instructor: Curse: Date: Is Climate Change Natural or Man-made? Introduction The planet has been experiencing considerable climate change for the last several decades. There have been many explanations toward the main causes of the increased warming of the planet. On one hand are the environmentalists who believe that the major cause of this increased warming of the planet is the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere induced by human activities. On the other hand‚ the scientists
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Effects of Climate Change on Developing Countries “Over the past two centuries‚ the average temperature of our planet has been rising faster than at any time during the last 1000 years. 1997 was the hottest year ever recorded and 13 of the warmest years in the 20th century‚ occurred since 1980”. This problem has to be solved by the developed countries because they produce the higher gas emissions and they are the main cause of the global warming. Developed countries have the responsibility
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Cross-Cultural Variations in Climate for Autonomy‚ Stress and Organizational Productivity Relationships: A Comparison of Chinese and Uk Manufacturing Organizations Author(s): Giles Hirst‚ Pawan Budhwar‚ Brian K. Cooper‚ Michael West‚ Chen Long‚ Xu Chongyuan and Helen Shipton Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 8 (Dec.‚ 2008)‚ pp. 1343-1358 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25483350 . Accessed: 02/11/2013 01:15 Your
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Deng Xinchen Geography in the news 1 November 12‚ 14 Article dated November 9‚ 2014 from The New York Times (online): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/science/earth/climate-tools-seek-to-bend-natures-path.html Accessed November 12‚ 14 Climate tools seek to bend nature’s path Dr. Schuiling‚ a retired geochemist from Netherland‚ has proposed a new solution of global warming by making the use of olivine‚ a green-tinted mineral found in abundance around the world‚ which could absorb the carbon dioxide
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however climate change is still something that concerns some scientists‚ citizens‚ and policymakers. As such‚ the need for further progress is necessary. In order to make such progress policymakers may need to develop air quality and climate change policies through an integrative approach. Doing this‚ however‚ does not come without political‚ social‚ and scientific obstacles. Although there are obstacles to recognizing integrative approaches for policymaking‚ air quality and climate change may
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The Potential Relationship Between Human Activity and Climate Change The idea of global warming has been around for over one hundred years‚ but in recent decades climate change has become a serious threat to national security. To better understand‚ global warming is defined as the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere‚ generally recognized as the greenhouse effect‚ and is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants‚ also known as greenhouse
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The Chequamegon Bay is on Lake Superior‚ one of the 5 Great Lakes. Climate change could affect ports‚ harbors and marinas in two different ways. This is considered a shallow port that will be affected by large amounts of water going into the bay or by evaporation and lack of water going into the bay. One-way climate change may affect the bays harbors‚ ports and marinas is lower lake levels. Low lake levels can cause commercial and recreational boats to bottom out‚ keep the boats from reaching docks
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: RISING SEA LEVELS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: RISING SEA LEVELS The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable…There is no way I can see to stop this rise‚ even if we have gone to zero emissions.” —Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf‚Reuters‚ Sep. 30‚ 2009 Changes in the earth’s weather‚ temperature‚ wind patterns and rainfall‚ defines climate change especially changes in the temperature that is brought on by
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