Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Attribution Science, Extreme Weather and Why They Matter
Oct 2 2014 // There is a love-hate relationship with the word “new.” It’s used far too often, but without it as a preface some of us don’t bother to pay attention to what’s coming next. A “new...
New Study Says Ditch U.N. Temperature Target for Global Warming
Oct 2 2014 // A temperature goal set by almost 200 governments as the limit for global warming is a poor guide to the planet’s health and should be ditched, a study published in the journal Nature said on Wednesday. The...
Opening Statement by IPCC Chairman Pachauri at New York Climate Summit
Sep 23 2014 // Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, made the following statement to the delegates at the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Summit in New York today: Good morning. I salute His Excellency the Secretary-General for...
Companies to Pledge Action on Climate Change at UN Summit
Sep 22 2014 // While U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 other world leaders will meet in a summit devoted to climate change, the most tangible action on global warming this week may come from companies. Mars Inc. and others...
Miami Hopes Storm Pumps, Seawall Will Protect Against Rising Seas
Sep 22 2014 // Climate change is not only already visible in iconic South Beach, but so is climate change adaptation, in the form of new storm water pumps meant to keep rising sea levels from swamping low-lying streets, city officials...
Insurers Bonding with Climate Change Battle
Sep 18 2014 // Nearly one-in-five major investors in green bonds issued by one of the world’s largest players in that market is coming from the insurance industry. If you haven’t heard much about green bonds and insurance...
Communities at Risk in Wake of Failure to Address Rising Seas
Sep 8 2014 // Missions flown from the NASA base here have documented some of the most dramatic evidence of a warming planet over the past 20 years: the melting of polar ice, a force contributing to a global rise in ocean levels. The...
S&P Report Warns Reinsurers Not to Ignore Global Impact of Climate Change
Sep 3 2014 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the publication of its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September. S&P said the...
Climate Change to Affect Hawaii’s Tourism Industry, Says Study
Aug 29 2014 // A University of Hawaii report is warning the state’s tourism industry to start preparing now for the effects of climate change. The study says Hawaii will likely see more competition for visitors as warmer climate...
IPCC Sends Draft Synthesis Report to Governments for Comments
Aug 27 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that the authors have “finished drafting the Synthesis Report of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and sent the draft to governments for comments on the...
Underwriting and an EICy Approach to Climate Change
Aug 21 2014 // Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with climate...
Drought Weakens Links in Supply Chain Metaphor
Aug 8 2014 // The weakest link in the great global economic cog is the gazillion supply chains that bind us all. At one time these chains were an ironic metaphor. Instead of shackling companies, supply chains were providing ever greater...
FSU Professor Links Tornado Strength, Frequency to Climate Change
Aug 7 2014 // New research by a Florida State University geography professor shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hitting the United States. Published this week in the journal...
California’s Incomplete Prescription for Reducing Climate Risk
Aug 6 2014 // The California Natural Resources Agency has just released its Final Safeguarding California Plan for Reducing Climate Risk. The roughly 350-page plan is designed to provide policymakers with recommendations about how best...
Climate Change Considered by Idaho Leaders
Aug 4 2014 // Despite the uncertainty over the scale and the speed of climate change, Idaho leaders are working on how to adapt and how to reduce its impacts. Boise law firm Holland & Hart held a workshop for its Idaho clients and...
Declarations
Aug 4 2014 // Multiple System Gaps “What this investigation uncovered were multiple gaps in multiple systems.” —Chris Hart, acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said a report showed a distracted...
Hartwig Turns Back King Hammurabi’s Playbook on Resilience
Aug 4 2014 // The U.S. government may be starting to embrace concepts that date back to Babylonian King Hammurabi’s reign 3,800 years ago. When President Barack Obama on July 16 issued climate change initiatives on guarding the...
Obama Climate Rules Unpopular in GOP South
Jul 31 2014 // In the Republican-heavy Southeast, critics said this week that a plan by President Barack Obama’s administration to cut pollution would raise electricity prices, result in job losses and may not significantly curtail...
Climate Change Debate in Denver Pits Coal Miners vs. Skiers
Jul 30 2014 // Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the...
Inaction on Climate Change Costs Economy: White House
Jul 30 2014 // As the Obama administration defends its efforts to curb carbon emissions this week, it’s taking a new tack: arguing that it is smart economic planning. A new White House report says the cost of fighting climate...
