Most Popular Climate Change Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Hit $140B as Climate Change ‘Shows Its Claws’
Jan 9 2025 // Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 – reaching a total of US$140 billion – as climate change “is showing its claws,” according to Munich Re. Overall economic...
#2 Trump Issues Order to Block State Climate Change Policies
Apr 10 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate change. The move is the latest in a string of...
#3 Actuary Group Forecasts Climate Change to Have Massive GDP Hit Without Policy Action
Jan 17 2025 // Here’s stark warning in a new report from a group of actuaries: the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090. That is if immediate policy actions on risks posed by climate change are not...
#4 Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming
Jul 15 2025 // Insured losses from U.S. hurricanes could rise by nearly 50% under a 2°C (3.6°F) global warming scenario, according to MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer. A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of...
#5 Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Philippines’ Typhoon Season, Study Finds
Dec 16 2024 // A warming climate fueled the blitz of six powerful storms that hit the Philippines within a matter of weeks this year, according to a new study. The conditions that enabled the unusual string of tropical cyclones late in...
#6 Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Hit $140B as Climate Change ‘Shows Its Claws’
Jan 27 2025 // Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 — reaching a total of $140 billion — as climate change “is showing its claws,” according to Munich Re. Overall...
#7 Maine Joins States Suing Big Oil to Recover Costs of Climate Change ‘Deception’
Nov 27 2024 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed suit in state court against Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute for allegedly “deceiving Mainers for decades about the role of their...
#8 22 States Sue Over New York Fund to Pay for Climate Change Damage
Feb 11 2025 // Twenty-two states sued New York on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed...
#9 European Homeowners Battle Insurers Over $2.9 Trillion Climate Risk
Jun 13 2025 // When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has spread from...
#10 Zurich Offers ‘Roadmap’ to Prep Businesses, Governments for Climate Change
May 2 2025 // A new paper from Zurich calls out an “alarmingly bleak” outlook thanks to climate change driving the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and increasing the likelihood of natural catastrophes. However,...
#11 US GDP Could Take a Big Hit From Climate Change by 2100, Study Shows
Feb 28 2025 // A working paper from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office recently estimated the distribution of changes in gross domestic product in the year 2100 resulting from changes in temperature. And it could be bad, really...
#12 Europe’s Insurers May Face New Capital Rules for Climate Risk
Jan 31 2025 // Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority is...
#13 New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over Climate Change Dismissed
Jan 16 2025 // A judge has dismissed New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell liable for misleading the public about their products, and their commitment to renewable energy and fighting climate change. In...
#14 Senate Committee Reveals Climate Change Danger to Financial System
Dec 20 2024 // A Senate Budget Committee report shows how dangerous climate change is to the nation’s financial system as well as how bad it could be for homeowners seeking affordable insurance. A Senate Budget Committee Staff...
#15 France Warns of Soaring Insurance Costs From Climate Change
Mar 10 2025 // French households, businesses and local authorities will face soaring costs for insurance if the country fails to adapt to a changing climate, the government said Monday. The cost of climate disasters may double in the 30...
#16 Update: Hottest Year Ever Sees World Breach 1.5C Global Warming Target
Jan 10 2025 // Earth’s warming exceeded 1.5C on an annual basis for the first time in 2024, according to three major climate science agencies. It’s the most potent evidence yet that countries are failing to meet a Paris...
#17 Former California Insurance Commissioner Carries on Climate Change Crusade
Sep 9 2025 // When Dave Jones first started talking about climate change and what insurers should be doing about it some 15 years ago, the response could be thought of as something akin to a collective shrug. There wasn’t much to...
#18 Renewables Battling Climate Change Now Need to Insure Against It
Aug 20 2025 // Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and volatile weather — the very type of climate risk they were set up to fight. Renewable power projects can...
#19 These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change
Feb 13 2025 // California’s Highway One, stretching more than 650 miles along the Pacific Coast, is one of America’s most popular roadways because of its breathtaking views. Yet, since 2023, large chunks of it have been...
#20 Deadly April Rainfall in South, Midwest Intensified by Climate Change, Scientists Say
May 9 2025 // Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World...
