Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Report on Climate Change Finds ‘Substantial Human Impact’
May 4 2006 // A large majority of meteorologists, scientists and other researchers now agree that global climate change is a reality backed up by well-documented findings of higher temperatures in the world’s oceans and...
30-Country Poll Finds Rising Concern Over Global Warming
Apr 25 2006 // A 30-country poll finds large majorities in all countries believe climate change is a serious problem. No country has more than one in five saying it is not a serious problem. The poll of 33,237 people from all major...
Regulators Establish Task Force on Climate Change
Mar 14 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) voted unanimously last week at its quarterly meeting in Orlando, Fla., to establish a task force to examine the impact of climate change on the U.S. insurance...
CORRECTION: Kyoto Compliance Rules on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mar 7 2006 // The article that appeared on the IJ Web site yesterday, March 6, contained several factual errors concerning the adoption of a compliance and regulatory system for implementing the Kyoto Protocol on the emission of...
UNEP Enacts Kyoto Compliance Rules
Mar 6 2006 // THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE GO TO THE IJ WEBSITE – MARCH 7, 2006. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has formally launched a compliance system for the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty...
Insurers Urged to Assess Climate Change Risks
Dec 19 2005 // State treasurers and controllers from around the country are urging major insurance companies to analyze and disclose their financial risk from climate change, warning that higher rates and loss of coverage are...
Munich Re Study Cites Changes in Atlantic Hurricane Risk
Dec 16 2005 // A report prepared by Dr. Eberhard Faust, who heads Munich Re’s Climate Change Research Department, points to some significant changes in the hurricane risk factors in the North Atlantic. Munich Re notes: “The...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in Next 100 Years
Dec 5 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in Next 100 Years
Dec 4 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the...
Investors Turn Up Heat on Insurers to Disclose Risk from Climate Change
Dec 1 2005 // Citing the risks that they say insurance companies face from losses and financial risks associated with climate change, 20 U.S. investors led by several state treasurers urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance...
UN Climate Conference Begins; CO² Levels Highest in 650,000 Years
Nov 28 2005 // The United Nations 2005 Climate Change Conference gets under way in Montreal today – the first such meeting to be held since the Kyoto Agreement came into force earlier this year, and the largest gathering since the...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in U.S. Over Next 100 Years
Nov 21 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in U.S. Over Next 100 Years
Nov 20 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east...
Debating the Changing Climate — It’s for the Birds
Nov 7 2005 // “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” Powerful, but perhaps prophetic words, following the passage of Katrina and Rita. Have we “scorned,” in William...
Debating the Changing Climate – It’s for the Birds
Nov 6 2005 // Powerful, but perhaps prophetic words, following the passage of Katrina and Rita. Have we “scorned,” in William Congreve’s words, the scientific community’s warnings that the world is getting...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // New Reports Issued on Climate Change: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused more attention on global warming. The debate continues to rage over whether the higher temperatures and rising sea levels are a wholly natural...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from hurricanes...
California Heating Up, Could Face More Blackouts
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country. Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from...
California Heating Up, Could Face More Blackouts
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
