Ed. Note: Please also see;
Our Uninsurable Future: The Insurance Industry; Environmental Dangers May Soon Be Uninsurable, by Christiane Martens:
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout3.php&id=13&blz=1
C&C - A Framework for the Future, by Aubrey Meyer:
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1058&blz=1
and from Worldwatch:
Severe Weather Events on the Rise, Vital Signs 2003, pp. 92-93.
http://www.worldwatch.org/brain/media/pdf/pubs/vs/2003_weather.pdf
Carbon Emissions and Temperatures Climb, Vital Signs 2003, pp. 40-41.
http://www.worldwatch.org/brain/media/pdf/pubs/vs/2003_carbon-temp.pdf
Worldwatch Links:
Vital Signs Fact of the Week Archive: http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/vsow/
Poverty, Disease, Environmental Decline Threaten Global Stability:
http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/05/22/
Take action: Vital Signs 2003, What You Can Do: http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/05/23/
More research from Worldwatch: http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/
Additional Resources:
International Red Cross: Disaster Preparedness for Climate Change; http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/dp/climate/index.asp
UNEP Press Release: 2002 Natural Disasters Set to Cost Over $70 Billion;
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=266&ArticleID=3157
Purchasing Information:
For more information about Vital Signs 2003, or to order a copy of this book, go to: http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/vs/2003
(Phone orders and customer service support: toll-free in the U.S. at 1.888.544.2303 (or 1.570.320.2076 outside the U.S.).
About the Worldwatch Institute: The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.worldwatch.org/ .
Our Uninsurable Future: The Insurance Industry; Environmental Dangers May Soon Be Uninsurable, by Christiane Martens:
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout3.php&id=13&blz=1
C&C - A Framework for the Future, by Aubrey Meyer:
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1058&blz=1
and from Worldwatch:
Severe Weather Events on the Rise, Vital Signs 2003, pp. 92-93.
http://www.worldwatch.org/brain/media/pdf/pubs/vs/2003_weather.pdf
Carbon Emissions and Temperatures Climb, Vital Signs 2003, pp. 40-41.
http://www.worldwatch.org/brain/media/pdf/pubs/vs/2003_carbon-temp.pdf
Worldwatch Links:
Vital Signs Fact of the Week Archive: http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/vsow/
Poverty, Disease, Environmental Decline Threaten Global Stability:
http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/05/22/
Take action: Vital Signs 2003, What You Can Do: http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/05/23/
More research from Worldwatch: http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/
Additional Resources:
International Red Cross: Disaster Preparedness for Climate Change; http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/dp/climate/index.asp
UNEP Press Release: 2002 Natural Disasters Set to Cost Over $70 Billion;
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=266&ArticleID=3157
Purchasing Information:
For more information about Vital Signs 2003, or to order a copy of this book, go to: http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/vs/2003
(Phone orders and customer service support: toll-free in the U.S. at 1.888.544.2303 (or 1.570.320.2076 outside the U.S.).
About the Worldwatch Institute: The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.worldwatch.org/ .