Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
China Tells United States to Do More on Climate Change
Mar 11 2010 // China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. China’s top climate change negotiator, Xie Zhenhua,...
China and India Endorse Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement
Mar 10 2010 // China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States. More than 100 nations have...
UK’s Met Office ‘Confirms’ Greenhouse Gas Role in Climate Change
Mar 8 2010 // The UK’s Met Office recently completed a review of the latest climate research. The study “confirms our planet is changing rapidly and man-made greenhouse gas emissions are very likely to be the cause,”...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started; Costs Will Be Significant
Mar 4 2010 // Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of becoming law before stalling or imploding. One such issue with...
Rate of Glacier Melting May be Key Clue to Tracking Climate Change
Mar 4 2010 // The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska. Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting, shrinking two miles (3 kilometers) over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a...
UN Plans to Create Science Panel to Review IPCC Findings
Feb 26 2010 // An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the world’s top climate science panel, which has been accused of sloppy work, a U.N. climate spokesman said on Friday. The Intergovernmental Panel on...
World Warming Unhindered by Cold Spells Say Scientists
Feb 25 2010 // The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards. The bitter cold, with more intense winter...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started
Feb 21 2010 // Issue Will Have Serious Implications for Insurance Industry Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of...
Meteorology: It’s Not ‘Rocket Science;’ It’s a Lot More Complicated
Feb 8 2010 // Everyone’s heard the shibboleth “It’s not rocket science.” This implies that whatever “it” may be it’s easier than flying a rocket. In fact Robert Goddard fired off the first real...
Aon Warns on Political, Financial Risks; Berkshire Bets a Billion on Munich Re; IPCC Defends Climate Change Report; Frau
Feb 7 2010 // Aon Risk Services 17th Political Risk Map highlights continued political and financial instability for global business in 2010, closely linked to the ongoing recession in many parts of the world. “Rising risk levels...
Political, Financial Risk Levels Continue High in 2010, Says Aon
Jan 28 2010 // Political and financial instability remain a feature of the business landscape as a result of the recession, according to Aon Risk Services, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp. The...
IPCC Acknowledges Himalayan Glacier Error; Defends Overall Assessment
Jan 26 2010 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has admitted that its Fourth Assessment Report contained an error – in one paragraph of the 938 page document – in asserting that global warming could cause the...
Researchers: Climate Change Expected to Increase Storm Activity in Texas
Jan 22 2010 // Climate change will likely increase the frequency and severity of storm activity in Texas, an area of the country that is especially vulnerable to the “triple threat” of hurricanes, hail storms and tornadoes,...
U.S. Senate Vote Dims Hopes for Stronger World Climate Pact
Jan 21 2010 // Hopes for stronger world action in 2010 to curb climate change have dimmed after the U.S. Democrats lost a key Senate seat to a Republican opposed to capping emissions, experts said Wednesday. The election of Republican...
Negotiations Falter at UN’s Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change
Jan 10 2010 // The United Nations’ Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change strained mightily and produced — a note. Co-authored by the United States and China as a last minute face saver, only five nations signed it. This...
Munich Re Analyzes 2009 Nat Cats; A Lot, But Few Big Ones
Dec 30 2009 // A report from Munich Re confirms that losses from natural catastrophes “were far lower in 2009 than in 2008 due to the absence on the whole of major catastrophes and a very benign North Atlantic hurricane...
Munich Re CEO Slams Copenhagen Failure; Calls for ‘Small Party’ Talks
Dec 29 2009 // Munich Re’s CEO Nikolaus von Bomhard issued a statement on the reinsurer’s web site that left no doubt concerning the disappointment he (and the Group) feel following the failure of the UN’s Copenhagen...
Europe Feels Left Out in Cold on Climate Change Deal
Dec 23 2009 // It’s a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And it’s not just upset...
U.N. Climate Talks End ‘With a Bare Minimum’ Agreement
Dec 21 2009 // U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement Saturday, Dec.19, when delegates “noted” an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the...
Economies Slowly Recovering; Climate Change Negotiators Still Talking
Dec 20 2009 // Swiss Re’s recent Economic Forum at the reinsurer’s iconic London headquarters presented a far more encouraging picture of the world’s financial condition than a year ago. Thomas Hess, Swiss Re’s...
