Posts Tagged ‘risk’

Question: How is malaria risk and climate connected?
Any suggestions on how malaria risk and climate connected? How does climate affect malaria?

Answer:

Answer by dsayless
I assume that the bacteria or virus responsible for causing malaria can only survive in a hot climate as I’ve never heard of it existing in a cold place, so I guess that;s your answer!

Question: What risk does climate change pose to the developing world?
I don’t mean this in any flippant or cheeky way, but what is the risk(s) posed by climate change to the developing world?

I ask because virtually every single time I hear the word “climate change”, I also hear “developing world” in the same sentence.

P.S: I’d like answers to the question asked, not arguments of whether climate change is a hoax, conspiracy, etc.

Answer:

Answer by Speedy Gonzales
I guess in places that don’t have water, the water source will be almost completely gone and people will die.

Marsh Webcast November 17 — Managing Risk in a Changing Regulatory Environment
Whether it is new data privacy laws, stepped-up OSHA enforcement, or compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. companies need to stay abreast of the constantly changing regulatory environment in which they operate.
Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

N.B. will inspect former lakeside squatters site
The Department of Environment is sending an inspector this week to see if any damage was done at a former squatters community on South Oromocto Lake.
Read more on CBC New Brunswick

I don’t mean this in any flippant or cheeky way, but what is the risk(s) posed by climate change to the developing world?

I ask because virtually every single time I hear the word "climate change", I also hear "developing world" in the same sentence.

P.S: I’d like answers to the question asked, not arguments of whether climate change is a hoax, conspiracy, etc.

Due to uncertainties in projected climate changes and in how systems respond to those changes, adaptation options offer varying degrees of uncertainty,or risk if you will.

No-regret: Actions that make sense or are worthwhile regardless of additional or exacerbated impacts from climate change.

Opportunity: Actions that capitalize on observed or projected climatic changes. The proactive farmer who switches to a more adaptative crop, for example.

“Win-win”: Actions that provide adaptation benefits and meet other social, environmental, or economic objectives.

Low-regret: Measures with relatively low costs for which benefits under climate change scenarios are high, like factoring climate change into public land management policies.