How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks

• Tác giả: Stacy Swann
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 304.25 Climatic and weather factors
• Thông tin xuất bản: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2018
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309444
• Chủ đề: 1. CLIMATE CHANGE; 2. CLIMATE IMPACT; 3. DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT; 4. INSURANCE; 5. WEATHER INSURANCE

Tóm tắt

Insurance plays a vital role in protecting people, businesses, and public institutions against shocks, allowing them to transfer risks and purchase security. Insurers in advanced economies even act as financial intermediaries. In many emerging economies, however, insurance is still in a nascent stage. Yet it has the potential to become a critical tool for businesses to build operations that are resilient to climate change while also providing a source of economic growth. For insurance in emerging economies to take off, the public and private sectors must first lay the necessary groundwork.