Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Climate Inaction
Nov 4 2013 // The new report by Ceres, a nonprofit representing businesses and investors on climate issues, highlights the cost to taxpayers of subsidies for flood-prone properties and farmers’ crop insurance and other federal...
Emerging Economies Nearing Half of Global Warming Emissions
Nov 1 2013 // Total greenhouse gas emissions by China and other emerging nations since 1850 will surpass those of rich nations this decade, complicating U.N. talks about who is most to blame for global warming, a study showed on...
Insurance, Tax, Climate Groups Hit Possible Delay in Flood Insurance Changes
Oct 28 2013 // The prospect of a delay in flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for many homeowners is being met with pushback from business, taxpayer and insurance groups. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., ranking member of the...
How a Run-of-the-Mill Hurricane Mutated Into a Superstorm Named Sandy
Oct 28 2013 // It was the moment a run-of-the-mill hurricane mutated into a monster named Sandy. Paradoxically, it was the same time Sandy lost much of its wind power, dropping from a hurricane to a tropical storm. It was a Friday night...
Global Climate Spending Falling Further Behind Target: Report
Oct 22 2013 // Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on Tuesday. Investment in renewable...
Tech Risks Threaten Supply Chain More Than Weather: Guy Carpenter
Oct 21 2013 // Technology failure and cyber attacks represent a greater threat to most organizations than adverse weather, fire and social unrest combined, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter. The report, “Tomorrow Never...
Swiss Re Report on France Highlights Economic Concerns
Oct 15 2013 // France’s current economic concerns overshadow fears for longer-term issues, according to a risk perception survey, commissioned by Swiss Re, released at a conference held in Paris last Thursday. Swiss Re concluded...
Willis Sponsors Antarctic Research to Gauge Climate Change Impact
Oct 3 2013 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is sponsoring a scientific program in Antarctica from November 2013 to January 2014 to “better understand our changing climate and build resilience to weather-related...
Global Warming Slows as Fossil Fuel Emissions Rise to Record
Sep 27 2013 // Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans are spewing ever more greenhouse gases and are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere. That’s according to a 36-page summary of a report from a...
Lagarde Says IMF Work Can Contribute to Environmental Change
Sep 26 2013 // The International Monetary Fund can play a role in protecting the planet from environmental damage, IMF head Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday, as she highlighted how an analysis of the harmful effects of energy subsidies...
Reforms Urged to Make UN Climate Reports Shorter, More Focused
Sep 25 2013 // Climate experts on a U.N. panel should focus more on shorter reports on specialist subjects such as extreme weather in a shift from sweeping overviews of the kind being prepared this week in Stockholm, many scientists and...
Catlin Establishes ‘Global Reef Record’ Database for Coral Ecosystems
Sep 24 2013 // International specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced the establishment of the Catlin Global Reef Record Catlin has sponsored the group’s Seaview Survey for the...
Guy Carpenter Says ‘Global Warming’ a Reality – Citing IPCC Report
Sep 18 2013 // An article from Guy Carpenter states: “According to the IPCC Fourth Annual Assessment Report (AR4), the scientific consensus is that global warming is indeed an established scientific fact. The evidence is...
57th Reinsurance Rendez-vous Kicks Off on Saturday; Excess Capital a Concern
Sep 6 2013 // The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-vous, which begins with registration in Monte Carlo on Saturday, promises to be somewhat less stressful than many previous editions. A mass of warm air, combined with significant amounts of dust...
Rising Sea Levels Ranked as Greatest Climate Change Threat: Guy Carpenter
Sep 4 2013 // Guy Carpenter & Company has an analysis of the evolving risk landscape spurred by global warming, which stresses that “climate change, global warming and the resulting landscape shift for risk management is a...
Swiss Re Survey Finds Most People Believe World is Getting Riskier
Sep 3 2013 // A key finding from a landmark survey commissioned by Swiss Re on the occasion of its 150th anniversary, has found that “people around the world say they’re acutely aware of the risks they may face in the...
People Just Aren’t Afraid of Climate Change Yet: Sunstein
Aug 28 2013 // With respect to the science of climate change, many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world’s authoritative institution. A draft summary of its forthcoming report was leaked last...
When It Comes to Flood Risks, Population Shifts Trump Climate Change
Aug 22 2013 // Draft versions of a forthcoming working group report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — set to be formally released Sept. 27 — have already found their way into the hands of...
Commentary: Deep Oceans to Resolve Human Role in Global Warming
Aug 19 2013 // The world’s oceans have absorbed more than 90 percent of global warming since the mid-20th century, making accurate measurements of deep ocean temperatures vital to predicting how much global temperatures and sea...
Report: Climate Change Is Impacting California
Aug 9 2013 // Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada have moved to higher...
