Japan Faces $6-a-Person Lawsuit Over Climate Change Risks December 18, 2025 By Aaron Clark and Shoko Oda More than 450 people are suing Japan’s government and seeking damages of 1,000 yen ($6) each, alleging one of the...
Deadly Floods’ $20 Billion Toll Shows Asia’s Rising Climate Risk December 4, 2025 By Claire Jiao, Aaron Clark and Mary Hui Devastating floods have killed more than 1,300 people and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Issues Climate Resilience Bond October 29, 2025 By Aaron Clark and Issei Hazama The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued a €300 million (¥53 billion) bond Tuesday to boost flood defenses and other climate-related countermeasures....
Wildfire Smoke Set to Cause Mounting Deaths and Economic Losses September 22, 2025 By Aaron Clark and Laura Millan Increased wildfire smoke could lead to 1.4 million premature deaths globally each year by the end of this century, according...
Legal Risks Seen Accelerating Climate Adaptation Plans August 1, 2025 By Aaron Clark and David Stringer Countries that fall short in efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C face growing legal risks that could push them...
Coal Loophole Undermines Bank Pledges to Cut Fossil Fuel Funding June 24, 2025 By Natasha White and Aaron Clark In the parts of the financial world that have spent the decade since the Paris Agreement trying to curb the...
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...