Transnational climate impacts
Climate change – and adaptation to it – will occur in a globalized, hyper-connected world.
Adaptation to climate change in the insurance sector
Adaptation to climate change, particularly flood risks, may come to pose large challenges in the future and will require cooperation among a range of...
Community Based Adaptation in Western Nepal
The project focuses on two measures that contribute to climate adaptation in Putalibazaar communities: a weather/climate information dissemination scheme and a community based insurance.
Microinsurance
Microinsurance, like traditional insurance, is a risk-sharing mechanism in which premiums are paid by all members of the insurance scheme, and this pool of premiums is used to...
Examples of Index-based microinsurance schemes
Herders in Mongolia. Picture: George Holden
Livestock herding plays a very important role in Mongolia, contributing to 87% of...
Examples of conventional microinsurance schemes
The most common type of conventional microinsurance offered is Health insurance, however property and accident insurance is also offered by some providers.
Yeshavini Trust, India: Health...Scaling up microinsurance
The nature of microinsurance raises questions as to the sustainability of the schemes currently on offer. By their nature microinsurance premiums...
