Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
May 2 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says. Previous studies have looked at where rising waters might go by the end of this century, assuming various levels of...
Rising Sea Levels Trigger Disasters in China Says Xinhua News Agency
Apr 20 2011 // Gradually rising sea levels caused by global warming over the past 30 years have contributed to a growing number of disasters along China’s coast, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday. Sea levels along...
UPDATE: U.N. Climate Change Agenda Agreed, Roadmap Set for 2011
Apr 8 2011 // Rich and poor nations overcame deep divisions on Friday to cut a deal that maps out U.N. climate negotiations for 2011, building on last December’s agreement in Mexico and hardening the focus on tougher issues. The...
Ghost of Cancun Haunts Bangkok Climate Talks
Apr 8 2011 // The deep divisions apparently bridged by last December’s climate deal in Cancun opened anew this week at U.N. talks in Bangkok, undermining the chance of any agreement on the shape of a broader pact by year’s...
Mexico Climate Change Deal to be Debated in Bangkok
Apr 1 2011 // The following is a synopsis of the subjects for a debate on climate change and the proposals made at the Cancun summit last December. LONG-TERM ACTION ON EMISSIONS The accord “recognizes that deep cuts in global...
Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
Mar 7 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where...
UN’s FAO Notes Climate Change, Biofuels Threaten Food Security
Mar 7 2011 // Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could boost global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said. High and...
Rising Seas Could Threaten Cities by 2100
Mar 7 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where...
Climate Change to Drive up Food Prices
Mar 2 2011 // Global food prices are likely to keep rising as production struggles to match demand and extreme weather events become more frequent, a climate-change advisor to the Australian government said on Wednesday. Ross Garnaut...
Study Warns Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
Feb 17 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where...
SPECIAL REPORT: Extreme Weather Batters Insurance Industry
Feb 9 2011 // In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough...
Climate Skeptics Remain Unpersuaded by Extra-warm 2010
Feb 9 2011 // Remember 2010? U.S. and international scientists reckon it tied for the warmest year on record, supporting findings of unequivocal global climate change, but despite the evidence climate skeptics remain unconvinced. Those...
Climate Change Link to Insurance Losses Decades Away
Feb 7 2011 // Tropical cyclones are expected to cause more damage in the United States and Asia but it could be more than a century before insurers can point to climate change as a factor in losses from storms, scientists say. In a...
Climate Change Link to Insurance Losses Decades Away
Feb 7 2011 // Tropical cyclones are expected to cause more damage in the United States and Asia but it could be more than a century before insurers can point to climate change as a factor in losses from storms, scientists say. In a...
Australian Natural Disasters Spark Renewed Call Action on Climate Change
Feb 4 2011 // An architect of Australia’s stalled climate change policy has linked the nation’s recent natural disasters with global warming and called for a new political push to cut carbon emissions. Ross Garnaut,...
Marsh Forms Alliance with Maplecroft to Assist Clients with Political Risk
Feb 3 2011 // To assist clients in analyzing and monitoring crucial political, economic, social, and environmental risks, Marsh has formed an alliance with Maplecroft, the award-winning risk analysis and mapping firm As part of the...
Insurance Industry Worries about Growing Risks from Climate Change
Jan 19 2011 // Insurers are struggling to assess the risks from climate change, industry officials say, with the floods in Australia and Brazil highlighting the potential losses from greater extremes of weather. Scientists say a warmer...
Study Says Climate Change Link in Hurricane Losses Decades Away
Jan 13 2011 // Tropical cyclones are expected to cause more damage in the United States and Asia but it could be more than a century before insurers can point to climate change as a factor in losses from storms, scientists say. In a...
Canadian Climate Study Forecasts ‘Global Warming for Centuries’
Jan 10 2011 // Carbon dioxide already emitted into the atmosphere will keep contributing to global warming for centuries, eventually causing a huge Antarctic ice sheet to collapse and lift sea levels, Canadian scientists said...
