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 Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:19 am |
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28 Jun 2008
QUOTE: The impact of human-induced climate change on insured losses is
not detectable at this time.
Ryan Crompton and John McAneney of Macquarie University in Sydney,
Australia have an important new paper in the August, 2008 issue of the
journal Environmental Science & Policy titled "Normalised Australian
insured losses from meteorological hazards: 1967-2006.".
Once the weather-related insured losses are normalised, they exhibit no
obvious trend over time that might be attributed to other factors,
including human-induced climate change. Given this result, we echo
previous studies in suggesting that practical steps taken to reduce the
vulnerability of communities to today's weather would alleviate the
impact under any future climate; the success of improved building
standards in reducing tropical cyclone wind-induced losses is evidence
that important gains can be made through disaster risk reduction.
The text of the paper includes this discussion:
The collective evidence reviewed above suggests that societal factors -
dwelling numbers and values - would be the predominant reasons for
increasing insured losses due to natural hazards in Australia.
The impact of human-induced climate change on insured losses is not
detectable at this time. This being the case, it seems logical that in
addition to efforts undertaken to reduce global greenhouse gas
emissions, significant investments be made to reduce society's
vulnerability to current and future climate and the associated
variability. Employing both mitigation and adaptation contemporaneously
will benefit society now and into the future.
The authors note that the Insurance Council of Australia's Natural
Disaster Event List spans 40 years and that it is 'one of the more
comprehensive disaster loss records in the world.'
http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003204.html
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