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Climate Policy

Volume 6, Number 6, 2006

Climate change and insurance: disaster risk financing in developing countries



Foreword
Peter Hoeppe.......... 599–599
Introduction and executive summary
Eugene N Gurenko.......... 600–606
Scientific and economic rationales for innovative climate insurance solutions
Peter Hoeppe and Eugene N Gurenko.......... 607–620
Insurance for assisting adaptation to climate change in developing countries: a proposed strategy
Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler.......... 621–636
Insuring the uninsurable: design options for a climate change funding mechanism
Christoph Bals, Koko Warner and Sonja Butzengeiger.......... 637–647
The role of the private market in catastrophe insurance
Andrew Dlugolecki and Erik Hoekstra.......... 648–657
The Indian insurance industry and climate change: exposure, opportunities and strategies ahead
Ulka Kelkar, Catherine Rose James and Ritu Kumar.......... 658–671
Can insurance deal with negative effects arising from climate policy measures?
Axel Michaelowa.......... 672–682
Conclusions and recommendations
Eugene N Gurenko.......... 683–684


Print ISSN 1469-3062
Online ISSN 1752-7457