Climate change futures
Subtitle: health, ecological and economic dimensions
By: a project of: The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School ; sponsored by Swiss Re, United Nations Development Programme
Contributors: Mills, Evan; Harvard Medical School. Center for Health and the Global Environment; Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft; United Nations Development Programme
Publisher: Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Environmental Health; Risk Assessment; Climate; Climatic changes; Environmental risk assessment; Health risk assessment
Notes: "Edited by Paul R. Epstein and Evan Mills"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Climate context today; title: The problem: climate is changing, fast; title: Case studies; title: Infectious and respiratory diseases; title: Malaria; title: West Nile virus; title: Lyme disease; title: Carbon dioxide and aeroallergens; title: Extreme weather events; title: Heat waves; title: Floods; title: Natural and managed systems; title: Forests; title: Agriculture; title: Marine ecosystems - Water; title: Financial implications scenarios and solutions; title: Risk spreading in developed and developing nations; title: The limits of insurability; title: Business scenarios; title: Constructive roles for insurers and reinsurers; title: Optimizing strategies for adaption and mitigation; title: Summary of financial sector measures.