… Disasters are a powerful symbol in the highly politicized climate debate; consequently,
the climate debate shapes how we think about disasters and what policies make sense in …

… Finally, the uncertainty in the climate future underscores the need to better understand
the societal dimensions of the climate threat and to take those adaptive measures that make …

… DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Every time a disaster occurs, it isn’t long before someone
raises the specter of human-caused climate … public debate over climate change have no …

… Disasters are a powerful symbol in the highly politicized climate debate; consequently,
the climate debate shapes how we think about disasters and what policies make sense in …

O n the basis of collaboration between Peter Höppe, Munich Re, and Roger Pielke, Jr.,
University of Colorado, an international workshop on climate change and disaster loss trends …

… states and local communities following a disaster. Yet, guidelines governing … disaster
assistance is extremely difficult to determine. This study analyzes flood-related presidential disaster …

… hazards that we have come to expect based on experience and knowledge, such as earthquakes
and typhoons. The emergent – hazards … role in a changing climate nor the importance …

… disasters from human (or natural) climate change is incredibly weak’.On that Washington DC
evening, he boldly declared that using natural disasters to justify climate … the climate cause …

… disaster mitigation/climate adaptation to other sorts of development policies; hence disaster
… this dynamic is that funds for disaster relief in the aftermath of a horrific disaster are, in many …

… "...the natural causes of climate variations and changes are important, as are the human
influences. The human climate forcings involve a diverse range of first-order climate forcings, …