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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 /

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 /

Adapting to Extreme Events: Managing Fat Tails
Description: Damages from extreme events, such as major floods, could increase substantially under climate change. This report recommends that policymakers adapt for those conditions.
Source: Resources for the Future
Publication Date: May 28, 2010
Topics: Adaptation / Economic aspects, Costs / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 Report
Description: Special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, May 2010
Publication Date: May 24, 2010
Topics: Adaptation / Economic aspects, Costs / Drought / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea level rise / Temperature / Water quality / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change
Description: Among the risks for companies are increased regulations, sea-level rise, and changes in water availability. (Securities and Exchange Commission, published in the Federal Register, Feb. 8, 2010)
Publication Date: Feb 8, 2010
Topics: Economic aspects, Costs / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses / Water-Supply Related Risks: Insurance Industry Responses /

Encouraging Adaptation to Climate Change: Long-Term Flood Insurance
Description: Advocates longer-term flood insurance.
Source: Resources for the Future
Publication Date: Dec 3, 2009
Topics: Adaptation / Economic aspects, Costs / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

Climate Change and Risk Management: Challenges for Insurance, Adaptation, and Loss Estimation
Description: "Climate change is creating new risks, altering the risks we already face, and also, importantly, impacting the interdependencies between these risks."
Publication Date: Mar 23, 2009
Topics: Economic aspects, Costs / Sea-Level and Flood Risks: FEMA or Insurance Industry Responses /

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