Philip K. Ryan, Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation talks at the panel “Leader’s vision for a low carbon economy” at the Climate Week NYC Opening Day: “Climate could cause losses of 20% GDP by end of the century, caused by extreme storms impacting cities and other disruptions”. We need to be aware of the […]
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The virus was inactive for more than 30,000 years until it was revived in a laboratory in France While more levels of rainfall caused by climate change create conditions for virus-transmitting mosquitoes, the overall warming temperatures, studies prove, may bring back viruses thought extinct or eradicated thousands of years ago. By thawing a sample of
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Your health matters… Based on an August 2014 report from the World Health Organization (WHO), “Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.” The report also suggested that (in relation to climate change), “Areas with weak health infrastructure – mostly in developing
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Climate change impacts the environmental, social, political and economic aspects of society. Basically, it will affect everything around you. Unpredictable and extreme weather conditions have already been linked to negative impacts on administrative and agricultural businesses globally. Water scarcity and a reduction in supply of agricultural products due to drought and heatwaves pose a threat
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Earlier this month, some businesses were forced to close early or turn away customers due to an ongoing water shortage crisis. On an economic scale, hours of work and transactions lost to weather related occurrences such as dry spells/drought amass losses totaling millions of dollars. Financial losses accredited to weather related disasters are predicted to
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