News Update – September 30

Hi Everyone,

Today’s Open Mic revisits Climate Change.

Several members have sent us links since our first post on this critical topic.

Are you interested in joining our Caribbean Climate Index Working Party? Send us an email.

Actuarial:

• IAA: Importance of Climate-Related Risks for Actuaries
  • Paper
  • Webinar
• From Australia:
  • Actuaries Digital: Institute Public Policy Statement
  • Actuaries Institute: Climate Change – Information note for Appointed Actuaries (draft)
  • Climate KIC: Climate Measurement Standards Initiative
• The Actuary (SOA): Emerging Risks: Climate Risk
• The Actuaries Climate Index

Non-Actuarial:

• NY Times: Brazil Fires Burn World’s Largest Tropical Wetlands at ‘Unprecedented’ Scale
• NY Times: Climate Hub
• The Guardian: World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit
• The Guardian: Age of Extinction
• BBC: Climate Change – The Facts: David Attenborough (video)
• BBC: Science & Environment
• The IMF and Climate Change

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

Bringing It Home: (Screenshot of National Hurricane Center’s home page taken 15.09.20)

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Best Regards,

Shubhash & Betty

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