Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Billionaire’s PAC Targets 7 Republicans Who Doubt Climate Change
May 27 2014 // The super-political action committee financed by billionaire and former money manager Tom Steyer will try to raise climate change as an election issue in four U.S. Senate races and three gubernatorial contests this year,...
Lloyd’s U.S. Chief on Board with Climate Change
May 22 2014 // Despite risking offense to non-believers, Hank Watkins didn’t hesitate when he was asked if climate change was upon us. Watkins, president of Lloyd’s America, talked about an extensive report Lloyd’s of...
Global Re/Insurance CEO’s Sign on to Geneva Association’s Climate Risk Statement
May 21 2014 // Sixty-six chief executives of the world’s largest re/insurers have confirmed their commitment to The Geneva Association’s Climate Risk Statement―a set of guiding principles on the substantial role insurance...
S&P Report Concludes Re/Insurers Have ‘Coped Well So Far’ with Climate Change
May 20 2014 // A report – “Are Insurers Prepared For The Extreme Weather Climate Change May Bring?” – from Standard & Poor’s notes that “whether or not a direct result of climate change, the number...
Insurer’s Climate Change Class Actions: More to Come?
May 19 2014 // A major insurance company is accusing dozens of localities in Illinois of failing to prepare for severe rains and flooding in lawsuits that are the first in what could be a wave of litigation over who should be liable for...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
May 19 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive report issued earlier this month. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the...
President Says Government to Help Arkansas Rebuild After Storms
May 9 2014 // Surveying the remnants of nature’s destructive power in the country’s midsection, President Barack Obama on May 7 pledged to residents of tornado-ravaged Arkansas communities that their government will stand...
Lloyd’s Report Says Climate Change Should Be a Constant Consideration
May 8 2014 // “Climate change is real and we need to factor it into all future catastrophe modelling” – that’s the conclusion of a new report published today by Lloyd’s. The report: ‘Catastrophe Modelling...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
May 6 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive report issued on Tuesday. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for...
Poll: N.J. Residents Back Gov’t Storm Mitigation Efforts but Few Willing to Pay
Apr 23 2014 // A newly published study from Rutgers University in New Jersey shows that most state residents strongly support government programs aimed at lowering the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes. The study also...
Bigger and More Frequent Wildfires Burning Western U.S.
Apr 21 2014 // Wildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years, according to a new study. The number of wildfires over 1,000 acres in size in the region stretching from...
IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
Apr 21 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its latest report, which states that “the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many...
3rd IPCC Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Despite Reduction Efforts
Apr 16 2014 // The latest in a series of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unfortunately confirms that “global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels despite a growing...
UN Climate Report Seeks ‘Clear-Cut’ Economics to Guide Actions
Apr 11 2014 // A U.N. report about ways to fix global warming due on Sunday is likely to disappoint investors seeking clear-cut economic calculations about the benefits and costs of curbing rising greenhouse gas emissions. Authors say...
UN Climate Chief Calls For ‘Urgent Transformation’ of Oil, Gas to Green Energy
Apr 3 2014 // The U.N.’s climate chief called on the oil and gas industry on Thursday to make a drastic shift to a clean, low-carbon future or risk having to leave three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves in the ground. “The...
Catlin’s Comments on IPCC Report Stress Need to Minimize Risks
Apr 1 2014 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has issued a statement following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific intergovernmental body under the auspices of...
IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
Mar 31 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its latest report, which states bluntly that “the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in...
Extracting Carbon from Nature Can Aid Climate, but Will Be Costly: UN Report
Mar 27 2014 // A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China’s greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft U.N....
308 Disaster Events; $140 Billion Economic Losses in 2013: Swiss Re Report
Mar 26 2014 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma report highlights the 308 disaster events in 2013, of which 150 were natural catastrophes and 158 man-made. Almost 26 000 people lost their lives or went missing in the disasters. The biggest...
Oxfam Report Says World Unprepared for Threats from Warmer Climate
Mar 25 2014 // The world is “woefully unprepared” for the threat to food security from drought and flooding brought on by a warming climate, the development charity Oxfam said. In addition to extreme weather patterns, more...
