Your home insurance could be less or more than average rates, depending on factors like the types and
severity of natural disasters in the area.
The frequency and
severity of natural disasters is higher than ever before.
and
severity of natural disasters is higher than ever before.
A report in The Sunday Times on 24 January claimed that the United Nations climate science panel (IPCC) wrongly linked global warming to an increase in the number and
severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods.
Reinsurers, such as Munich Re, calculate their premiums on the basis of risk, so that an increase in the frequency and
severity of natural disasters can translate into additional profits when new policies are concluded.
In a separate development, a report in the UK's Sunday Times newspaper said the IPCC faced «new controversy for wrongly linking global warming to an increase in the number and
severity of natural disasters», in its 2007 milestone report.
Basic climate science suggests that, as global greenhouse gas emissions increase, so too will the quantity and
severity of natural disasters.
Not exact matches
For instance, Al Gore's 2006 documentary, «An Inconvenient Truth,» popularized the idea that today's
natural disasters are increasing in
severity and frequency because
of human - caused global warming.
«Climate change is expected to further increase the frequency and
severity of hydro - meteorological
natural disasters...»
WFP tries to promote their use because the consequences
of climate change will cause the exposure to
natural disasters and their
severity to increase.