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SimCity launch a complete disaster
2013-03-07 18:44:19| CNET News.com
SimCity's requirement for an always-on Internet connection is backfiring, as the game servers are currently going up and down like a yo-yo. How quickly can EA solve this problem? [Read more]
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Emerging economies facing extreme risk despite natural disaster respite
2013-03-07 03:39:09| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: It will come as little consolation to the victims of Hurricane Sandy or Typhoon Bopha, but 2012 was the least deadly year for natural disasters in the past decade, according to new figures from risk management firm Maplecroft. The company today reports that fewer 10,000 people lost their lives as a result of natural disasters last year, meaning fatalities stood at nine per cent of the decadal average of 106,000 deaths a year. The number of recorded natural disaster also fell to 251 events, a drop...
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Emerging economies facing 'extreme risk' despite natural disaster respite
2013-03-07 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: It will come as little consolation to the victims of Hurricane Sandy or Typhoon Bopha, but 2012 was the least deadly year for natural disasters in the past decade, according to new figures from risk management firm Maplecroft. The company today reports that fewer than 10,000 people lost their lives as a result of natural disasters last year, meaning fatalities stood at nine per cent of the decadal average of 106,000 deaths a year. The number of recorded natural disaster also fell to 251 events,...
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Insurance only part of disaster resilience, says climate change panel
2013-03-06 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: In most developing countries, farmers risk losing their crops and livestock to droughts or floods, and the recent intensity of these climatic shocks has been record-setting. As the losses from these events mount, the developing world has been turning to the experiences of richer nations in transferring risk through mechanisms such as insurance. But experts including the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its special report on managing the risks of extreme events...
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Why Chinese Companies Need Disaster Insurance
2013-03-03 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climate change, nearly all scientists agree, makes our global climate system more unstable--leading to increased frequency of extreme weather events. Last year the single most devastating--and most expensive--natural disaster was Hurricane Sandy, according to London-based reinsurer Aon Benfield (AON). In addition to hitting the eastern U.S., it wrought havoc in the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Sandy was a very unique storm, coinciding with the highest tide of the quarter, says Steven Bowen, Aons...
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