Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming
Jul 15 2025 // Insured losses from U.S. hurricanes could rise by nearly 50% under a 2°C (3.6°F) global warming scenario, according to MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer. A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of...
Scientists Transplant Corals to Help Save Miami’s Reefs From Climate Change
Jul 7 2025 // A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami’s coastline that was devastated by...
Hawaii Governor Signs Hotel Tax Bill to Help With Climate Change Through Mitigation
Jun 16 2025 // Hawaii’s governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate change. The...
European Homeowners Battle Insurers Over $2.9 Trillion Climate Risk
Jun 13 2025 // When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has spread from...
Hawaii Governor Signs Hotel Tax Bill to Help With Climate Change Through Mitigation
May 29 2025 // Hawaii’s governor signed legislation this week that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate...
Global Banking Regulators Agree to Prioritize Climate Risk Work
May 13 2025 // Global banking regulators on Monday agreed to intensify efforts to better understand the financial risks posed by climate change amid pushback from the United States. The oversight body of the world’s forum for...
Deadly April Rainfall in South, Midwest Intensified by Climate Change, Scientists Say
May 9 2025 // Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World...
Zurich Offers ‘Roadmap’ to Prep Businesses, Governments for Climate Change
May 2 2025 // A new paper from Zurich calls out an “alarmingly bleak” outlook thanks to climate change driving the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and increasing the likelihood of natural catastrophes. However,...
Hawaii Plans to Increase Hotel Tax to Help It With Climate Change Mitigation
May 2 2025 // In a first-of-its kind move, Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations and earmark the new money for programs to cope with a...
Trump Issues Order to Block State Climate Change Policies
Apr 10 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate change. The move is the latest in a string of...
Climate Change Triggers More Extreme Weather – From Deluges to Drought
Mar 27 2025 // Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that wreak havoc on people and the environment. Rainfall can disappear for years only...
France Warns of Soaring Insurance Costs From Climate Change
Mar 10 2025 // French households, businesses and local authorities will face soaring costs for insurance if the country fails to adapt to a changing climate, the government said Monday. The cost of climate disasters may double in the 30...
World Must Prepare to Fight Climate Change Without US, UK Says
Mar 7 2025 // The world needs to prepare to fight global warming without the help of the US as the Trump administration pulls billions of dollars pledged to initiatives funding the green transition, the UK’s climate envoy said....
US GDP Could Take a Big Hit From Climate Change by 2100, Study Shows
Feb 28 2025 // A working paper from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office recently estimated the distribution of changes in gross domestic product in the year 2100 resulting from changes in temperature. And it could be bad, really...
Global Warming Could Be Making It Less Windy in Europe
Feb 18 2025 // Global warming is driving down wind speeds during European summers, putting additional stress on the region’s energy systems as soaring temperatures boost cooling demand, new research shows. That phenomenon — known...
These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change
Feb 13 2025 // California’s Highway One, stretching more than 650 miles along the Pacific Coast, is one of America’s most popular roadways because of its breathtaking views. Yet, since 2023, large chunks of it have been...
22 States Sue Over New York Fund to Pay for Climate Change Damage
Feb 11 2025 // Twenty-two states sued New York on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed...
Europe’s Insurers May Face New Capital Rules for Climate Risk
Jan 31 2025 // Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority is...
Climate Change Will Lead to Higher Deaths in Europe, Study Shows
Jan 29 2025 // As Europe gets hotter, more people are expected to die from extreme heat, outweighing the reduction in those killed by very cold weather. Cities in northern European regions such as the UK and Ireland and Scandinavia would...
Climate Change Made LA 35% More Primed to Burn, Scientists Say
Jan 29 2025 // Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before the industrial era, according to a new analysis by the scientific group World...
