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Influence of climate oscillation

Study shows influence of climate oscillation on Typhoon losses in Asia

January 2013


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.
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Climate Change: Data, facts, background

Climate Change: Data, facts, background

March 2012


The influence of La Niña from January to May and August to December was a major cause of many of the extreme weather losses in 2011.
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Wildfires in Southeast Australia

Wildfires in Southeast Australia

June 2010


Over the coming years and decades, climate change will probably lead to environmental conditions resulting in more frequent and more intense fires.
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Climate Change: Data, facts, background

Climate Change: Data, facts, background

June 2010


2009 was the fifth-warmest year since 1850, despite the notable absence of record temperatures since 1998. Have the critics been right all along – is climate change a thing of the past?
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Putting knowledge into practice

Putting knowledge into practice

July 2009


80 leading researchers and experts get together to discuss the role of climate models.
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Think factories

Two think factories analyse the risks and opportunities of climate change

October 2008


The collaboration between Munich Re and the London School of Economics sees two think factories joining forces to combine their knowledge about climate change.
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