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Rules rather than Discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

This paper explores options for programs to be put in place prior to a disaster to avoid large and often poorly-managed expenditures following a catastrophe and to provide appropriate protection against the risk of those large losses which do occur.

Insurance Against Climate Change and Flooding in the Netherlands: Present, Future, and Comparison with Other Countries

This article discusses the role insurance can play in adapting to climate change impacts. The particular focus is on the Dutch insurance sector, in view of the Netherlands being extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.

Potential costs and benefits of adaptation options: A review of existing literature

Critique of UNFCCC (2007) and comment on global adaptation financing needs for 2030 in developing countries. Concludes the costs of adapting to climate change have been significantly under-estimated.

The fiscal implications of climate change adaptation

Literature Review, Case Studies and Fiscal Adaptation Costs

Benefit-cost Analysis of Climate-related Agricultural Investments in Malawi: a case study

Suggests a three-phase methodology to analyze national agriculture investment plans with respect to climate change mitigation, through a combination of biological and economic modeling.

Enhancing the Climate Risk and Adaptation Fact Base for the Caribbean: an informational brochure highlighting the preliminary results of the ECA study

Looks at the potential economic impact of climate change in eight Caribbean countries and assesses different adaptation measures to see which ones have overall net economic benefit.

Sea-Level Rise: The Impacts and Costs of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Zones in the EU and the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation

Policy brief which provides an overview of the European-wide assessment of the impacts and economic costs of sea-level rise, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation.

Robust Decision Making for Sustainable and Scalable Drought Index-Based Microinsurance in Ethiopia: Reducing Weather Related Disaster Risk With Rural Agro-Insurance

An agent-partner, index-based microinsurance product design was explored as a risk management tool for drought in Ethiopia.

The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate

Programme, drawn up by the government, industry and other non government organisations, contains a mix of policies and actions to help the UK to adapt successfully to future weather conditions, by dealing with the risks and making the most of the opportunities.

The National Adaptation Programme Report: Analytical Annex

Analytical annex for the The National Adaptation Programme. Contains the current evidence base for adaptation decision-making and presents the analysis that informs the National Adaptation Programme’s approach to adaptation to climate change.

IPCC technical guidelines for assessing climate IPCC technical guidelines for assessing climate change impacts and adaptations

The guideline assesses the impacts of potential climate change and evaluate appropiate adaptations.

Assessing the role of microfinance in fostering adaptation to climate change

This paper offers the first emphirical assessment of the linkages between microfinance supported activities and adaptation to climate change.

Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries

This paper examines the recent experience with insurance and other risk-financing instruments in developing countries in order to gain insights into their effectiveness in reducing economic insecurity.

Climate change and disaster management

The paper reviews the current knowledge on the implications of climate change for extreme weather and analyzes the ability of EcA countries to mitigate and manage the impact of extreme events. It recommends a variety of measures in the areas of financial and fiscal policy, disaster risk mitigation, and emergency preparedness and management to reduce current and future vulnerabilities.

Institutional adaptation of water resource infrastructures to climate change in Eastern Ontario

This case-study deals with local institutional adaptation to climate change of water-related infrastructures in the Easter Ontario region. Canada.

Designing climate change adaptation policies: An economic framework

This report proposes a general economic framework to help stakeholders in the public sector to develop effective adaptation strategies

Sea-Level Rise

Policy brief which provides an overview of the European-wide assessment of the impacts and economic costs of sea-level rise, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation.

Managing the land in a changing climate

This report is part of a series of annual progress reports by the Adaptation Sub-Committee to assess how the country is preparing for the major risks and opportunities from climate change. Together these reports will provide the baseline evidence for the Committee’s statutory report to Parliament on preparedness due in 2015.

National Climate Change Action Plan Adaptation. Technical Analysis Report

This report was designed to: • Provide technical information and evidence for the preparation of the National Adaptation Plan that will address vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and building adaptive capacity and resilience.

Climate change impacts on pricing long-term flood insurance: A comprehensive study for the Netherlands

Recently long-term flood insurance contracts with a duration of 5, 10 or 15 years have been proposed as a solution for covering flood risk and mitigating increasing flood losses. Establishing a long-term relation between the policyholder and the insurer can provide better incentives to reduce risk through undertaking damage mitigation measures.

Ökonomie des Klimawandels integrierte ökonomische Bewertung der Instrumente zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel.

This study has the overall objective to make proposals for action for the implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy of the German federal government addressing finance and incentive structures.

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