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September 2016

Water Resources and Extreme Events in the Awash Basin: Economic Effects and Policy Implication

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
The report Water Resources and Extreme Events in the Awash Basin seeks to better understand and quantify this critical economic vulnerability, as well as draw out the implications of this for water management policies.
April 2017

Building a Climate-Resilient City: Disaster preparedness and emergency management

Prairie Climate Centre

Climate change is already being experienced in Alberta, and will alter the frequency, intensity, duration and timing of extreme weather events in the coming decades.

January 2021

Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction

Climate Council
Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction outlines the latest science on how climate change is driving more destructive heatwaves, downpours, cyclones, droughts, fires and other extreme weather events.
September 2013

Understanding the Adaptation Deficit: Why are Poor Countries more Vulnerable to Climate Events than Rich Countries?

Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), University of Leeds, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science
Poor countries are more heavily affected by extreme weather events and future climate change than rich countries.
April 2017

Building a Climate-Resilient City: Economics and finance

Prairie Climate Centre

Alberta has experienced significant changes in recent decades, including changes in its climate.

ICCG Lecture Series on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG)

ICCG has launched new video lecture series on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The lecture series features international experts who address the theme in a simple and accessible way, providing definitions, case studies, and examples of solutions and best practices.

July 2019

Working on a Warmer Planet: The impact of heat stress on labour productivity and decent work

International Labour Organization (ILO)
This report looks at the impact of rising temperatures, and of the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves, on decent work and labour productivity
June 2013

Turn Down the Heat : Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience

World Bank Group

This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia.

30 April 2018
Online

The unique challenges of integrating ESG for the insurance industry

On 30 April 2018 (3:30 CEST), Responisble Investor and MSCI are holding a webinar on 'Managing risk on two sides: The unique challenges of integrating ESG for the insurance industry'.
21 March 2018
Online

Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Linking Knowledge, Policies and Practices

Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)

On 21 March 2018 (2:00 PM CET), the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) and Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC) held a webinar on "

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