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| Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions |
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| Author: |
Paul R. Epstein and Evan Mills, Eds., 2005-11-01
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| Title: |
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions |
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The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. With support from: UNDP and Swiss Re, 139 pages
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Studies
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Global
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Health,
Conservation,
Climate Change
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Biodiversity,
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Development
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| Date Posted: |
2005-11-25 |
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In 2003, UNDP joined forces with the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School and Swiss Re to engage in a multi-stakeholder scenario building exercise: Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions. This international, multidisciplinary project was designed to evaluate health, environmental and economic damages from climate change and associated extreme weather events based on a set of climate projections and development trajectories. UNDP’s goal for this study has been to provide critical information that will help countries better adapt to and cope with climate change and lessen its impact on their ecosystems, health, and livelihoods.
“Climate Change Futures” focuses on health. The underlying premise of this report is that climate change will affect the health of humans as well as the ecosystems and species on which we depend, and that these health impacts will have economic consequences. The insurance industry will be at the center of this nexus, both absorbing risk and, through its pricing and recommendations, helping business and society to adapt to and reduce these new risks. Our hope is that “Climate Change Futures” will not only help businesses avoid risks, but also identify opportunities and solutions. We believe that an integrated assessment of how climate change is now adversely affecting and will continue to affect health and economies can help mobilize the attention of ordinary citizens around the world, and help generate the development of climate-friendly products, projects and policies. With early action and innovative policies, business can enhance the world’s ability to adapt to change and restabilize the climate.
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