Extreme Weather in 2024 Forced Biggest Displacement of People in 16 Years March 19, 2025 By Aaron Clark Extreme weather last year including typhoons, heatwaves and flooding led to the biggest displacement of people since 2008, and exacerbated...
As Chips Race Spews ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Startups Emerge to Destroy Them March 14, 2025 By Aaron Clark The battle for artificial intelligence supremacy hinges on microchips. But the semiconductor sector that produces them has a dirty secret:...
Methane Emissions Still Rising After Pledges to Curb Pollution September 23, 2024 By Aaron Clark Methane releases from some of the world’s major fossil fuel hubs are continuing to rise, as key polluters make little...
Insurers’ LNG Support at Odds With Their Climate Ambition, Report Says February 21, 2024 By Aaron Clark The underwriting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity in the US by major global insurers is at odds with their...
Earth Keeps Breaking Temperature Records, Underscoring Dangers of Global Warming July 5, 2023 By Will Mathis and Aaron Clark Global temperatures have smashed through records this week, underscoring the dangers of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions generated from burning fossil...
Update: List of Insurers Exiting Climate Group Grows, Including Lloyd’s, Tokio Marine May 30, 2023 By Aaron Clark, Nao Sano and Alastair Marsh The list of firms walking out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance continued to grow this week, adding to an...
Here Are 5 Products Offered by Financial Services Providers to De-Risk Heat Waves May 3, 2023 By Aaron Clark and Taiga Uranaka Climate change-driven heat waves are impacting everything from nuclear reactors in France to glaciers in Pakistan. As millions of people...
Methane-Tracking Satellites Catch Polluters May 2, 2023 By Aaron Clark Think of them as speed cameras, but for methane. Just like roadside instruments used to identify drivers breaking traffic rules,...
Exxon Broke Rules With Late Reporting of Methane Leak March 1, 2023 By Aaron Clark and Zachary Mider Exxon Mobil Corp. failed to initially report a release of the super-potent greenhouse gas methane in the Permian Basin that...
Mapping US Coastlines May ‘Drive More Equality’ in Climate Adaptation Policy September 1, 2022 By Aaron Clark A Canadian technology company is using aerial imagery to build high-precision maps of US shorelines that will be used to...