Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Obama Vows Climate Action Despite Financial Crisis
Nov 19 2008 // Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States would “engage vigorously” in climate change talks when he is president, and he pledged to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020, despite the financial...
Young Brit IPODs are Broke Says a CII Report
Nov 2 2008 // ING picks up a $13 billion cash injection; Climate change for fund managers They aren’t the Apple kind of iPod’s; they’re 18 to 34 year old Brits, who are “Insecure, Pressurized, Over-taxed and...
Pennsylvania Insurance Dept to Hold Climate Change Conference
Oct 30 2008 // Insurance leaders, policymakers, financial and scientific experts will meet in Harrisburg next week to discuss how climate change will impact many segments of business and industry, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel...
China Says Greenhouse Gas Emissions Catch up with U.S.
Oct 29 2008 // China’s greenhouse gas emissions have caught up with the United States and will not fall any time soon, a top Chinese official said on Wednesday, while warning of a huge economic blow from global warming. The...
RMS to Provide Data for ‘Specialist Climate Change Research’
Oct 14 2008 // Risk Management Solutions announced that it is “partnering in an innovative program launched by HSBC to provide fund managers globally with direct access to specialist climate change research. “As the present...
Lloyd’s, RMS Coastal Flood Study Urges Adapting to Changing Conditions
Sep 10 2008 // A new report published by Lloyd’s, as part of its “360 project,” and Risk Management Solutions (RMS), warns that “without adaptation, insurance losses from coastal flooding for high-risk properties...
Catlin Sponsors Major Arctic Survey
Sep 4 2008 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that it is sponsoring a major scientific expedition to capture vitally needed data for scientists studying the impact of global warming on the Arctic ice cap. “The...
LIU Creates D&O Coverage to Protect Against Global Warming Litigation
Jul 31 2008 // Liberty International Underwriters, a part of Liberty Mutual Group, has created Private Advantage Company Combo policy to provide broad private company management coverage for directors and officers, employment practices...
Research Model Helps Gauge Storms’ Intensity with Climate Change
Jul 9 2008 // A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth’s surface. The new...
Sustainability Risks Create Challenges for Actuaries
Jul 8 2008 // Sustainability risks are one of the most critical emerging risk areas of the 21st century and actuaries will need to develop mitigation and financing strategies for handling them. “Sustainability risks are going to...
New ‘Carbon Revolution’ Urged to Slow Global Warming
Jun 26 2008 // The world needs a shift as radical as the Industrial Revolution to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while safeguarding economic growth, the McKinsey Global Institute said on Thursday. Its study said that a modern...
Swiss Re Signs on to G-8 Climate Change Recommendations
Jun 23 2008 // Swiss Re’s CEO Jacques Aigrain has signed the climate change recommendations of the Group of Eight (G8) leaders. “The document outlines a new, more environmentally effective and economically efficient long-term...
