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Limiting the Federal Government's Fiscal Exposure by Better Managing Climate Change Risks
Description: "Climate change is a complex, crosscutting issue that poses risks to many environmental and economic systems -- including agriculture, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human health -- and presents a significant financial risk to the federal government. Amo
Source: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publication Date: Feb 14, 2013
Topics: Drought / Flooding / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses /

The Greening of Insurance
Description: "Every sector of the economy telegraphs climate risks to its insurers. In turn, climate change stands as a stress test for insurance, the world's largest industry, with U.S. $4.6 trillion in revenues, 7% of the global economy. Insurers publicly voiced con
Publication Date: Dec 14, 2012
Topics: Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

Water Ripples: Expanding Risks for U.S. Water Providers
Description: "Citing shrinking federal funds, uncertain water demand and declining revenues to pay for the projects, the report recommends that utilities move carefully before embarking on major pipelines, reservoirs and other new infrastructure that will create finan
Publication Date: Dec 11, 2012
Topics: Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack / Water utilities guidance / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses /

Stormy Futures for U.S. Property/Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events
Description: "This Ceres report examines how extreme weather trends may be a harbinger of significant challenges ahead for a sector in which many companies are already confronting profitability and growth challenges. This analysis is based on a careful review of U.S.
Publication Date: Sep 20, 2012
Topics: Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses /

Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Approach Using Expert Judgment, Volume I: Results for the San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Description: "Estuarine ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate-related changes in precipitation, hydrology, and sea level rise. As part of the CRE pilot program, GCRP collaborated with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) and the Massachusetts Bays Progra
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Mar 13, 2012
Topics: Adaptation / California: Bay Area and Delta / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Ecosystems, Habitat, Threatened Species /

FEMA Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement
Description: FEMA plans "to integrate climate change adaptation planning and actions into Agency programs, policies, and operations," including the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Source: United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publication Date: Jan 23, 2012
Topics: Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Description: What the Executive Branch of the federal government is doing.
Publication Date: Oct 28, 2011
Topics: Adaptation / Global issues, human impacts / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Research / Sea level rise / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Ecosystems, Habitat, Threatened Species / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack /

Climate Risk Disclosure by Insurers: Evaluating Insurer Responses to the NAIC Climate Disclosure Survey
Description: "Despite widespread recognition of the effects climate change will likely have on extreme events, few insurers were able to articulate a coherent plan to manage the risks and opportunities associated with climate change." (Ceres)
Publication Date: Sep 1, 2011
Topics: Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses /

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Understanding the Link, Managing the Risk
Description: "Typically, climate change is described in terms of average changes in temperature or precipitation, but most of the social and economic costs associated with climate change will result from shifts in the frequency and severity of extreme events." Examin
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Publication Date: Jun 28, 2011
Topics: Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

The Ripple Effect: Water Risk in the Municipal Bond Market
Description: Uncertainty about water supplies in many areas of the country could affect the market for water utility bonds (Ceres, Oct. 2010)
Publication Date: Oct 22, 2010
Topics: Economic aspects, Costs / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses / Water utilities guidance /

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