Drowning and Drought - Extreme Weather Impacts on Economy and Society

Drowning and Drought - Extreme Weather Impacts on Economy and Society

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Drowning and Drought - Extreme Weather Impacts on Economy and Society

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 IPCCs Special Report on Climate Extremes and Disasters
  3. 3 Relationships among physical events, and exposure and vulnerability
  4. 4 Physical "Event": a climate/ weather trigger
  5. 5 Vulnerability: predisposition to harm... and consequences
  6. 6 Key Findings: Three Aspects
  7. 7 PHYSICAL CHANGE
  8. 8 Learning from successes: two examples Improved US, European heat wave outcomes (preliminary)
  9. 9 Some principles of climate disaster risk reduction • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  10. 10 Total Precipitation, October 2010 through September 2011
  11. 11 Texas drought: rainfall trends
  12. 12 Rainfall and temperatures (2)
  13. 13 A Way Around the Policy Conundrum
  14. 14 U.S. Winter Storm Loss Trends Annual totals 1980 - 2010 vs. First Half 2011
  15. 15 Federal Crop Insurance Program
  16. 16 Munich Re's strategic areas
  17. 17 challenges: focus area climate change Coping with climate change requires both mitigation and adaptation measures

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