After Hedge Fund Interest, UK’s Flood Re Plans More Cat Bonds February 27, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard and Alastair Marsh Britain’s ultimate backstop against flood-related losses is planning to rely more on the capital markets, after its first ever catastrophe...
UK Floods Raise Specter of ‘Mortgage Prisoners’ for Banks February 19, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard As the prospect of flood damage haunts an ever larger number of UK homes, the country’s banks are under growing...
Some Good Climate News to End the Year December 31, 2025 By Laura Millan, Coco Liu, Olivia Rudgard and Kyle Stock Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025 and country pledges to cut them are nowhere near where they need...
London’s Rich Come to Grips With Flood Risk on Their Doorstep November 13, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard As London struggles to adapt to the reality of more frequent and powerful floods, its wealthier corners are emerging as...
UK Is Making It Easier to Assess Public Flood-Defense Funding October 15, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk...
Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs August 29, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing...
UK Warned Cuts to Flood Defense Are Too Dangerous to Consider April 30, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already...
What Two Oil Firm Ads Show About Where UK Regulator Draws Line on Greenwashing April 10, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard An ad for TotalEnergies SE inflated the oil company’s investments in renewable energy, misleading consumers, the UK’s advertising regulator ruled...
Trump’s Return Prompts Companies to Stifle Climate Talk With ‘Greenhushing’ March 5, 2025 By Coco Liu and Olivia Rudgard As the chief executive officer of Caelux, Scott Graybeal runs a technology startup in Baldwin Park, California, that makes high-efficiency...
Europe’s Warming Ocean Current ‘Unlikely’ to Collapse This Century February 26, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard A new study disputes a long-held fear that climate change will lead to a quick, total collapse of the Atlantic...