scholarly journals The Potential Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Health Impacts of Extreme Weather Events in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg Greenough ◽  
Michael McGeehin ◽  
Susan M. Bernard ◽  
Juli Trtanj ◽  
Jasmin Riad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Climate Variability And Change ◽  
Weather Events

Extreme weather events will hit insurance industry

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Weather Events

Subject The political and economic implications of greater scientific understanding of extreme weather events. Significance Preparatory talks for the UN climate summit in Paris have seen representatives from developing countries ask the United States and EU for greater compensation for damages caused by extreme weather. The link between climate change and more extreme weather events is clear -- energy from higher temperature levels can be translated into kinetic energy and disrupts usual weather patterns -- but distinguishing the extent of a causal connection, especially for specific events, has until recently been difficult. Impacts Extreme weather events will affect the insurance industry, agriculture, tourism, and food and beverage sectors. In the United States, the South-east will see the highest risks of coastal property losses due to climate change impacts. Hurricanes and other coastal storms combined with rising sea levels are likely to cause growing annual storm losses in the Caribbean. Infrastructure will grow in cost as it must be proofed against new extremes in weather stress.

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