Natural disaster losses and climate change: an Australian perspective - Crompton, McAneney, et al. - 2006 () Citation Context ...a’s (ICA)sdatabase of significant insured losses (>$A10 million) due to natural hazards sinces1967. These losses have recently been indexed to account for ...
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (气候变化和减少灾害风险).pdf,ISDR Briefing Note 01 Climate Change and Geneva, September 2008 Disaster Risk Reduction Climate change and disaster risk Weather, climate and climate change reduction are closely
All settlements are located close to main rivers and therefore especially exposed to floods and droughts, and in slope position also to landslides. As a main result, we can conclude that people are generally aware of climate change and its potential consequences, such as climate change-related ...
This paper discusses the notable disaster events caused by climate change in Indonesia and its impact on social problems and social work, respectively. As the fourth largest populous country in the world, Indonesia is considered to be the most disaster prone, given its high exposure to a range ...
Accordingly, this chapter contextualizes climate change in a disaster risk perspective for Australia. This chapter discusses three main aspects of CCA&DRR integration in Australia: 1) the climate action by the federal government and the contested discourse of climate change in the national politics; ...
Integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptationResilience-buildingNetworked governanceVanuatuBuilding resilience to hazards and climate change in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific faces many challenges inherent to the specific geo-political context of this region. This paper aims....
(2009), "Saved by disaster? Abrupt climate change, political inertia, and the possibility of an intergenerational arms race", Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 140-62.I borrow this term from the excellent discussion in Stephen Gardiner, "Saved by Disaster? Abrupt Climate ...
Financial instruments for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has called for a new balance between reducing the risks from climate extremes and transferring them (for e... Linnerooth-Bayer,Joanne,Hochrainer-Stigler,... - 《Climatic...
your basement just flooded, whether you just had to evacuate for a fire, whether it's too hot for you to go outside and enjoy yourself, that means we are now experiencing some of the impacts of climate change. We have to reduce emissions. And we have to do it immediately, and faster...
Links Between Disaster Risk Reduction, Development and Climate Change