ClimateWise will be continuing the 'Thought Leadership' article series throughout 2013. Each article is authored by an executive from a ClimateWise member organisation, and aims to prompt debate about a new issue related to managing climate change risk, which is not be picked-up elsewhere in the industry.

Each ClimateWise Thought Leadership article is timed to coincide with significant external international events or milestones. The opinions expressed are the authors' own.

The binding theme across these Thought Leadership articles is ‘the significance of climate change as a driver and ‘risk multiplier’ of interconnected risks, and how the insurance industry can add value to the global response.