Author: French Insurance Federation (Fédération Française de l’Assurance – FFA)
Year of publication: 2016
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Climate change adaptation assessment
Format of assessment: Report
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Multiple actors
Details: Consultants (climate experts), Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: State level decision makers
Output: Report
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Private sector
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: France
Sectors covered: Commercial sector, Financial sector
Details: Focuses on the interplay between socio-economic factors and climate factors in general
Method used: Scenario mapping
Description of methodology: A scenario map of the growth in wealth and its exposure in the next 26 years in France is developed
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Cyclone (including tropical storm, hurricane and typhoon), Drought, Flood
Details: Data on the number and size of dwellings, number and size of businesses, growth in geographical concentration was generated by projections of the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE). They were supplemented by specific data on hazard areas collected by the Natural Risks Mission. Climate projections were generated by the climate and environmental science laboratory Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement(LSCE). The two climate models used were a Global model of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace and a regional model of météo France
Details: The time reference period of the study is from 1988 to 2013 (for the “Looking Back” section) and from 2014 to 2039 (for the “Projection” section)
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Details: In addition, this study focuses on the direct damage caused to property by natural hazards, including operating losses. It does not include bodily injury and the damage caused to farm crops that have not been harvested and placed in store
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Details: Does not include SOE - sea level rise
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: It can be useful for policy makers. Though for now it only gives an overview of costs that will occur due to climate change. Potential adapatation options would still need to be identified. This method is very much focused on mapping out future scenarios in a country to predict insurance costs
Applied by whom: French Insurance Federation
Open access: Yes