Various catastrophe bonds, covering earthquakes and other disasters, and weather derivatives have begun trading on financial markets in recent years. The Kyoto Protocol created a mechanism for trading carbon dioxide emissions, which promises to manage the risks of an even bigger potential disaster: global warming.
幸运地是，我们的国际风险管理制度正在日臻完善。各种各样的灾难保单，包括地震和其他各种灾难，以及气象灾害所引起的各种灾难，在近几年内已经开始进入金融市场交易。《京都议定书》针对二氧化碳气体排放问题建立了一个机制，该机制允诺处理解决一个更大的潜在灾难——全球变暖问题的风险。