Submission Deadline: 11/25/2020 — The global pandemic continues to challenge the different scales of human decision making. Governments, communities, and individuals around the world have responded in a myriad of ways and to varying degrees of success to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19. How have we attempted to address the many adverse and uncertain impacts of coronavirus — many of which only exacerbate existing inequities? How can these compounded, disproportionate health, economic, and technological effects across race, gender,
Author: Jacob Remes
Climate Policy: Promoting a low-carbon, climate-resilient and equitable Covid-19 recovery
Submission Deadline: 12/31/2020 — The Covid-19 pandemic has caused extensive human suffering. The death toll has risen to hundreds of thousands, and a third of the world’s population has faced some form of lockdown, leading to massive economic disruption and loss of livelihood for many. Amidst the devastation, however, the interruption of normality has created an opportunity for change: to “recover better”, including for a lower-carbon, climate-resilient, and more equitable future. Against this background, Climate Policy is calling
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Natural Disasters and Risk Management from a Global North-South Perspective (Panel at Conference: History of Insurance in a Global Perspective)
Submission Deadline: 09/30/2021 — Risks from and vulnerability to natural disasters are global phenomena, that have received more attention in the recent past as part of climate change discourses. Regions in the global North (North America) and the global South (Latin America or South-East Asia) are regularly hit by extreme weather events. But how successful have these regions responded to risks over time and what role has insurance played? This session will explore some of the following questions