Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
El Nino Study Challenges Global Warming Intensity Link
Mar 24 2009 // Research showing an El Nino event in 1918 was far stronger than previously thought is challenging the notion that climate change is making El Nino episodes more intense, a U.S. scientist said on Tuesday. El Nino causes...
Minnesota Foundation Donates $1 Billion to Fight Climate Change
Mar 20 2009 // Minnesota’s largest private foundation is contributing $100 million toward a $1 billion initiative by several large foundations to fight climate change. McKnight Foundation President Kate Wolford says the coordinated...
Farm-based Biogas, a Neglected Asset in Greenhouse Gas Fight
Mar 19 2009 // John Ibbett and pigs go back a long way. “The pig manager pushed me round in a pram,” recalls Ibbett, whose family has been farming on the same site since 1939. Now he’s proud his family farm can turn...
U.S., China Most at Risk from Natural Disasters Linked to Climate Change
Mar 12 2009 // A new study, released by the UK-based Maplecroft, has determined that “the increase in both frequency and severity of climate related disasters is increasingly impacting upon developed and emerging...
London Summit Set to Include Climate Change Talks
Mar 12 2009 // A summit meeting on the financial crisis in London next month will tackle the issue of climate change, which the U.N. chief had planned to make the focus of a separate gathering in New York, diplomats said. Worried that...
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Commences
Mar 10 2009 // One of the largest ever interdisciplinary conferences on climate change will kick-off today in Copenhagen, Denmark. A bulletin from the University of Copenhagen notes that “more than 2,000 participants from around 80...
Catlin Sponsored Arctic Survey Team Begins Ice Study
Mar 2 2009 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that a team of three British explorers has commenced a vital scientific expedition to the North Geographic Pole. They hope to help establish how long the sea ice floating in...
Russia: Global Warming to Cause Droughts, Floods
Feb 19 2009 // Russia will likely see more forest fires, droughts and floods in the coming century due to global warming, and policy makers need to prepare for large-scale change, scientists warned in a report released Wednesday. It also...
Australia Bushfies ‘a Climate Change Wake-up Call’ Say Experts
Feb 10 2009 // Weekend bushfires in Australia that killed 173 people are a climate change wake-up call for the public and politicians and a window to the future, experts said on Tuesday. With the death toll still growing from the...
Lloyd’s Web Site Summarizes Current Opinions on Climate Change
Jan 23 2009 // “The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the increasing risks to...
Zurich Marks Achievements of Global Climate Initiative’s First Year
Jan 21 2009 // Zurich Financial Services is marking the first year anniversary of the launch of its global Climate Initiative. The company noted, that the program has “led to the development of new products and services addressing...
Economy and Climate Change Top New Year Agenda
Jan 11 2009 // For the moment the economic recession is driving the global stagecoach, while climate change is riding shotgun, but it’s not as bad as it could be. Reports from Europe point to the fact that the P/C industry’s...
Climate Change Raises 2008 Cat Losses to $200 Billion Says Munich Re
Dec 31 2008 // Munich Re has released its annual report on the natural catastrophes that occurred in 2008, which it describes as “one of the most devastating years on record.” 2008’s major catastrophes included a number...
Munich Re 2008 Catastrophe Report Cites Role of Climate Change
Dec 30 2008 // Munich Re has released its analytical report on the natural catastrophes that occurred in 2008, which the reinsurer describes as, “one of the most devastating years on record.” 2008’s major catastrophes...
Despite Financial Crisis, Climate Change Concerns Continue
Dec 29 2008 // “This year’s climate change agenda has, if nothing else, highlighted that next year will be hard going for those wishing to set global agreement for action against climate change,” states a recent article...
Zurich Concludes Partnerships with 3 Non-Profit Organizations
Dec 12 2008 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that its Z Zurich Foundation has established 5-year partnerships with “three globally active Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to address global, social and environmental...
EU Edges Closer to Climate Change, Stimulus Deals
Dec 12 2008 // European leaders moved towards agreement on Friday on a multi-billion dollar plan to tackle the global recession and a climate change plan amended to limit impact on struggling industries. Green groups warned that the...
Insurers Ponder Risk of Encouraging Trees to Fight Global Warming
Dec 1 2008 // Paying landowners to let forests grow is promoted by the United Nations as a viable way to fight global warming, but experts first have to puzzle out how to insure trees against going up in smoke. Under U.N. plans, owners...
Declarations
Nov 30 2008 // Obama on Climate, Jobs “My presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process.” —A Reuters...
Lloyd’s Conference Finds Progress in Insurers Efforts on Climate Change
Nov 26 2008 // Over 100 representatives from the financial services sector met at Lloyd’s on Nov. 24 to listen to what the insurance industry has been doing to combat climate change. The conference, held for the first time this...
