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Wpływ ryzyka klimatycznego na przedsiębiorstwa z branży budowlanej
The Impact of Climate Risk on Companies in the Construction Industry

Author(s): Natalia Iwaszczuk, Agata Wzorek, Bartosz Łamasz
Subject(s): Economy, Environmental Geography, Environmental interactions
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: climate change; weather risk; economic security; weather derivatives

Summary/Abstract: In present article the impact of climate change on the imbalance of economic security for companies in the construction sector will be presented. The concepts of weather risk, which is closely related to the climate changes, will be introduced. To complete the picture, a sensitivity analysis of the construction sector at noncatastrophic weather risk will be included. Weather derivatives as a way of managing weather risk will be indicated.

  • Issue Year: 16/2015
  • Issue No: 8.3
  • Page Range: 141-152
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish