The other day I blogged here about the climate and political implications of Katarina '05. Well here's an article from a former skeptic. Hat tip to Calvin Jones for digging it up. From the article note this "Munich Re, the world's largest insurer of insurance companies, said that global warming was at least partly responsible for a rise in worldwide insurance losses over the last 50 years, including $114.5 billion in losses last year, the second-highest total ever."
6 years ago similar things were being said. And get this "As developing nations attempt to build an infrastructure and economic base, some may find insurance rates prohibitive because of their demonstrated vulnerability to extreme weather events." In other words the developed world will be externalising its costs onto the rest ... we need an international 'polluter pays' scheme and we should recall this in debates about debt relief and aid.
Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming - Los Angeles Times
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