nPolicy-makers,
lawyers, the public and the media:
–ÒWas this flood/drought/...
due to climate change/ENSO/É?Ó
–No consensus on response: question is
ambiguous.
–Essential element in costing climate change
impacts.
nThe insurance
industry and its customers:
–Currently withdrawing from risks that may be
influenced by climate change, even risks that may in fact be insurable.
–Understanding of the origins of current
risks allows rational choices of what risks we accept in a changing climate.
nThe
scientific community:
–Because we want to know what is going on.