What decisions can we make today to reduce the future risk of hazards like floods and fire? Particularly in a time of climate change, modelling various plausible futures helps us plan for uncertainty.
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Insurance-linked securities aim to shield insurers and governments from huge costs following disasters. But they bear eerie similarities to the securities that caused the 2008 financial meltdown.
The Caribbean is facing its second deadly hurricane in as many weeks. This isn’t just bad luck: the region’s extreme vulnerability to disaster also reflects entrenched social inequalities.
The number of natural disasters around the world has doubled since 1980, raising serious questions about how to respond. Here’s how game theory could help.
As natural disasters become more intense, it’s time for insurance companies to help communities adapt to climate change.
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Scientist in Disaster and Climate Risk at Earth Sciences NZ & Senior Research Fellow (adjunct), Humanitarian Emergency and Disaster Management, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Disaster Resilience and Recovery, Deakin University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Behavioural Economics , Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Adelaide University
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Reader (Global Challenges and Emancipatory Politics), The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine Campus; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Lecturer, Geography Department, The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine Campus
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Deputy Head of School, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences