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CONFERENCES

Climate Change & the Insurance Industry
London, UK: 24-05-93
A one-day conference to be held at the City Conference
Centre in London. Discussion topics to include:
understanding the relationship between global warming  
and catastrophe loss; re-insurance capacity; latest 
reports from IPCC; and the insurers' response to
climate change. Speakers to come from the Association 
of British Insurers, Swiss Reinsurance, Free University
of Amsterdam and the University of East Anglia, amongst
others. Details: John Sauven, Greenpeace Business,  
Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN, UK.

Climate Change, Natural Disasters & Agricultural
Strategies
Beijing, PR China: 26-05-93 to 29-05-93
Scientists from agriculture, forestry, climate, oceans
and environmental protection disciplines invited to