Munich Climate Insurance Initiative

News & Events

News: 

  • "France 24": Panel discussion on innovative solutions to finance development - featuring CCRIF [More...]
  • Equity Bank, IRLI and UAP Insurance offer index-based livestock insurance in Kenya [More...]
  • Namibian government receives money to fund its adaptation programme on climate change [More...]
  • CEA publishes report on insurance industry positioning on climate change [More...]
  • Association of British Insurers (ABI) publish new research [More...]
  • Caribbean ssland states demand bold action to get climate change deal [More...]
  • G-20 Expert Group on Climate Change Financing mentions disaster risk reduction and insurance (in paragraph 58) [More...]
  • MCII ideas for linking risk reduction and insurance reflected in Swedish commission and Global Leadership for Climate Action reports [More...]
  • UNISDR monitors progress on implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action [More...]
  • UNFCCC released "Components Paper" to the climate negotiations [More...]
  • Allianz microinsurance scheme in India: Put to the test by tropical cyclone Nisha [More...]
  • ClimateWise: UN to put greater focus on climate adaptation so insurers can properly manage climate risk [read the news release]
  • Asian Development Bank initiates disaster risk insurance scheme [More...]  

 



 

Events: 

  • 06 September 2010, London (UK): Release of the statement by the Industry Group on "Adapting to Climate Change in Developing Countries" [More...]
  • UNFCCC August Climate Change Talks (Bonn, Germany) [More...]
  • UNFCCC August Climate Change Talks (Bonn, Germany) [More...]
  • 5th Microinsurance Conference, Senegal [More...]


Past events:

Find out more about MCII's past activities [here]


New features:

  • We recently initiated an online database to provide useful documents in the field of Climate Change Adaptation & Microinsurance [More..]

 


 

Visit our online-library for other related documents 

 

Read the new UNFCCC-Newsletter (July 2010) [here]

 

Read the MICROENSURE-Newsletter (Issue 8/2010) [here]

 

Geneva Papers' special issue on climate risk insurance [here]

 

Insurance Day:

Insurance proposals stay in UNFCCC draft [read more]

Pilot projects will evolve from COP-15 [read more]

 

Artemis Blog:

Academics say insurance could play key role in reducing climate change risks [read more]

 

LexisNexis:

Can insurance help with risk reduction [read more]

 

Nature:

Insuring against climate [read more]

 

The New Scientist:

An insurance plan for climate victims [read more]

 

Guardian:

Indian farmers to insure themselves against climate change crop failure [read more]

 

New York Times:

A move to make the insurance industry part of a post-Kyoto approach to climate risks [read more]

 

Business Insurance:

"Insurers are pushing for insurance mechanisms to be incorporated in a UN climate change agreement" [read more]


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