August 2, 2024
Today may be the day when the impossible becomes possible—based on the number of headlines in recent days saying pretty much that. A slew of recent articles this week focus on studies and research reporting on how unlikely the weather, …
July 12, 2024
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of floods in the U.S., posing greater risks to homeowners and mortgage lenders—and since flood damage tends to lower the market value of affected homes, it’s more likely that homeowners …
June 21, 2024
A new report from a climate activist group portrays a “mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges” in the insurance sector in addressing climate-related risks, with some insurers successfully integrating climate-related risks and others leaving “significant gaps and disparities.” The …
June 7, 2024
A new study on adoption of behaviors that reduce personal carbon emissions in 37 countries and territories classified as “high-emissions” shows that daily household behaviors are far more common than higher-cost, infrequent behaviors. Lower-cost, daily behaviors to reduce carbon emissions …
April 23, 2024
A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year (six-in-10 Democrats and one-quarter of Republicans). However, the poll shows now …
March 22, 2024
A Moody’s publication looks why it was so warm last year and the impacts the effects of global warming will have in 2024. The publication “Warmest Year; Warmest Months: Climate Change and El Niño Edged the Global Closer to the …
February 9, 2024
Global warming exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees C over a 12-month period for the first time in record keeping. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released its findings in its Global Climate Highlights 2023 report on Thursday, calling out …
January 26, 2024
Manmade warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts, across Western North America in the 20th-21st century, a new report shows. The authors of the report developed the Western North American …
January 12, 2024
The number of insurers adopting policies on oil and gas has slowed, according to climate activist organization Insure Our Future’s seventh annual “Scorecard on Insurance, Fossil Fuels and the Climate Emergency” released this week. The scorecard assesses the policies on …
December 29, 2023
With a few days left to go until next year, it can be said that 2023 has officially shattered climate records. A World Meteorological Organization provisional State of the Global Climate report confirmed that 2023 is set to be the …