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Report from COP 23: Time to Throw Out Limitations of the Past
Report from COP 23: Time to Throw Out Limitations of the Past

"...I attended the COP 23 meetings as an official observer over their two-week period.  It was my first COP attendance, and it was extraordinary, enlightening and simultaneously, quite sobering.  While the conference was held in Germany, the official host of the meeting was Fiji...."

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climate action, economy, energy, risk management, vulnerability assessmentKarl Van OrsdolUNCOP23, climate adaptation, climate change, climate policy, indigenous peoplesComment
Unaccounted for Risk: How Climate Change Affects Your Bottom Line and What to Do About It
Unaccounted for Risk: How Climate Change Affects Your Bottom Line and What to Do About It


Sound business practice and fiduciary responsibility require that risks to a business are estimated and taken into account either through insurance or through measures to prevent or reduce losses. …The consequences of climate change … lead to new types of risk that many businesses have not yet taken into account....

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economy, climate action, energy, real estate, risk management, vulnerability assessmentMarianna GrossmanMinerva Venturesclimate, climate adaptation, energy efficiency, resilience, microgrid, renewable energyComment