Measuring Risk to Manage Climate Disaster
Willi Semmler, Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, is at the forefront of new efforts to make measurable the economic impacts of climate catastrophe
This piece was originally featured on Research Matters.
This is the second piece on Professor Semmlerâs work on the economics of climate change.Â
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Images of a burning Amazon rainforest last week brought people across the world face to face with the effects of increasingly aggressive deforestation and the killing and displacement of humans and animals in one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. São Paolo, the largest metropolis in the Americas, was covered by a blanket of smoke that turned the day to night.