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Climate Change

Climate change is a subject that concerns us all.

It is one of the greatest risks facing mankind. In recent years, Munich Re has actively supported and advanced climate protection and adaptation to global warming.
Strategy and policy

Strategy and policy


Joint action: In the past few years, Munich Re has initiated major innovative projects, such as the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative and the desert energy initiative Dii GmbH.
» Strategy and policy

Desert power

Desert power


At the initiative of Munich Re, many industrial partners and the Desertec Foundation set up the Dii GmbH in October 2009.
» Desert power

Research

Research


Acquiring knowledge: Since 1973, Munich Re has devoted intense work to the issue of climate change and the consequences of global warming.
» Research

Insurance and financial solutions

Insurance and financial solutions


Translating knowledge: Munich Re devises pioneering coverage concepts and financial solutions, thus securing and promoting climate protection technology.
» Insurance and financial solutions

Archive

Archive


Here you will find more articles on the topic.
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Current

January 2013

Dii Desert Energy Conference 2012


At the Dii’s third annual conference, held in Berlin in early November 2012, 600 international guests from politics and business discussed the latest progress and political and regulatory measures for ensuring renewable energy supplies within a Europe/Middle East/North Africa (EUMENA) energy alliance.
» Dii Desert Energy Conference 2012

January 2013

Study shows influence of climate oscillation on Typhoon losses in Asia


Typhoon losses in East and Southeast Asia are influenced by a climate oscillation that alternately leads to periods of approximately ten years with fewer or more windstorms.
» Influence of climate oscillation

October 2012

Severe weather in North America


Weather risks are changing faster in North America than anywhere else in the world. The consequences are dramatic. Extreme weather phenomena cause rising damage each year. Our latest study provides a overview of severe weather hazards in North America.
» Touch Natural Hazards

Publikationen

2012 will be remembered as a year of weather catastrophes that caused heavy losses above all in the USA.
» Touch Natural Hazards