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Risky Business: Insuring Countries Against Climate Catastrophe

September 28, 2009
CNN.com
Reenita Malhotra

The last 50 years have borne witness to a spate of climate-related disasters across the world causing over 800,000 fatalities and $1 trillion in economic losses.

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Press Releases

  • Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network Announces Plans for Two Thai Cities to Join the Network

    December 09, 2009
    The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) – a network of cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam that are working to develop robust plans to address the consequences of climate change – announced today the two cities in Thailand that will join the other eight cities throughout Asia that have already been selected. >

  • Mercy Corps, Rockefeller Foundation Combat Climate Change Effects in Indonesian Slums

    December 02, 2009
    As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to wrestle with climate change policies, a new partnership in Indonesia is already helping some of the poorest people - urban slum dwellers - to withstand, prepare for and recover from the impacts of global warming. >

  • Rockefeller Foundation Funds Landmark Climate Change Documentary

    October 22, 2009
    The premiere of the series comes at a critical moment as world leaders continue negotiations leading in to the UN Copenhagen Climate conference in December. The complete series will premiere each Saturday in the lead-up to Copenhagen and will culminate with a BBC debate on cities and climate change from Copenhagen during the last day of the conference. >
How Do You Build Climate Change Resilience?

Most of the global attention on climate change has been focused on reducing greenhouse gases. The Rockefeller Foundation, however, has chosen to tackle building resilience -- the ability to plan for, survive, recover from, and even thrive in changing climatic conditions.  Here's our White Paper on what that means.

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