(January/February 1999 issue). Also available as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report No. 42580. Climate for Change An Actuarial Perspective on Global Warming and its Potential Impact on Insurers By Andy Peara and Evan Mills As the debate over global warming rages‚ actuaries may be able to play a greater role in evaluating the merits of the opposing views and contributing to climate research itself. Since hurricanes Hugo and Andrew‚ insurance companies have had to fundamentally rethink
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Islands‚ 2006‚ Annual Report 2005). On the other hand‚ the climate of the Solomon Islands is changing and people are now experiencing increased in intensity or severity of extreme events like cyclones‚ storm surges‚ floods and droughts. These extreme events are causing substantial damage to agriculture and associated infrastructure with negative impact on food production. In which‚ There is increasing concern over the consequences of climate change on food production amongst the Pacific Island Countries
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called the climate change. Simply saying‚ it is the change of Earth’s condition such as temperature‚ rainfall‚ wind‚ humidity and weather. And climate change could result in global warming which is the rising temperature of Earth’s surface. This fenomena began to be a global issue since The First World Climate Conference in 1979‚ which identified it as an urgent problem and encourage other countries to aniticipate it and find ways to overcome this issue. There are 2 factors that cause climate change
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Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth‚ humans are still a major part of it. Greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ absorb and emit heat in the atmosphere‚ keeping Earth warm enough to support life. However‚ human activities‚ such as burning fossil fuels‚ are adding large amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Earth must get rid of energy at the same rate it receives energy. More greenhouse gases mean that more heat is being held in the atmosphere
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Abstract Global warming is defined as a serious phenomenon recently and also it will impact the human health. The impact of the global warming on infectious diseases has been highlighted in this paper. The infectious diseases have been emphasized in two major classifications which are the water and the foodborne infectious diseases as well as the vector borne infectious diseases. Even if the global warming is not easy to solve‚ there are some methods should be taken to mitigate this phenomenon.
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Recently‚ researchers have shown an increased interest in environmental issues. Global warming‚ which is increase in the temperature of earth’s atmosphere and leads to climate change‚ is one of them. The controversy about scientific evidence for climate change facts has raged unabated. There are many factors affect global warming such as overuse of technology and lack of social awareness. However‚ it can be seen that the significance of the issue is deemed by humanity. The purpose of this paper is
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Climate change is a long-term alteration in the statistical distribution of weather pattern over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. The world is currently experiencing drastic change in temperature. This change can be felt in the tropical climate areas where the weather is getting hotter and hotter every day. The change in global temperatures and precipitation over time is due to natural variability or to human activity. It is also caused by accumulation of greenhouse effects (Arrhenius
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The global recession was due to the US losing billions of money in different countrie has led to layoffs. . Layoffs had affected the citizens‚ but mainly the foreigners working indifferent countries the first to be fired was the foreigners working in a country because all the countries would not want to keep their citizens jobless and employ a foreigner. The property and the construction business has fallen very low nearly 80%. There are no new projects coming up and some of the existing projects
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Climate Change Regulation xxxxxxxx August 13‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Climate Change Regulation Climate change is occurring unexpectedly and the government needs to address different ways to approach the situation. With the different climate change that is going on‚ society and especially the government needs to analyze and collect data to gather information as to how the situation can be handled. “Climate change should go beyond traditional state and transnational regulation
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CLIMATE CHANGE What does the climate mean? Climate‚ like weather‚ describes the state of the atmosphere in terms of factors such as temperature‚ rainfall‚ and wind patterns. Whereas the weather describes conditions as measured in hours‚ days or weeks‚ the climate is average weather conditions measured over the longer term: months‚ years or decades. What is climate change? Any process that causes adjustments to a climate system – from a volcanic eruption to a cyclical change in solar
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