Swiss Re No Longer Offers Re/Insurance to Firms with More Than 30% Coal Exposure July 3, 2018 Swiss Re announced it no longer is providing re/insurance to businesses with more than 30 percent exposure to thermal coal...
Climate Change Lawsuits a Growing Threat: Opinion June 18, 2018 By Sony Kapoor, Bloomberg View Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the...
Central Banks Eye Effects of Climate Risks on Oversight of Insurers, Companies: Opinion April 13, 2018 By Ferdinando Giugliano, Bloomberg View Central bankers have been dubbed “masters of the universe” for the tools and powers they have acquired since the financial...
Climate Change Worsens Effects of Natural Disasters, Costing Farmers Billions of Dollars March 19, 2018 By Agnieszka de Sousa Natural disasters from droughts to floods are costing farmers in poorer countries billions of dollars a year in lost crops...
Global Fisheries’ Output to Drop by 20% by 2300 if Global Warming Isn’t Slowed: Study March 13, 2018 By Alister Doyle Global fisheries output will slump by 20 percent by 2300 and by 60 percent in the worst-hit North Atlantic region...
UK Invests in Natural Disaster Hedge Fund Focused on Insurance for Developing Nations February 26, 2018 By Maiya Keidan and Carolyn Cohn Britain is backing a hedge fund that aims to raise $200 million to give developing countries access to climate risk...
Aon Benfield’s Christian Named Chair of ClimateWise, Raising Climate Risk Resilience January 18, 2018 Dominic Christian, executive chairman of Aon Benfield International, has been appointed chair of ClimateWise, an organization that aims to help...
Damage to Coral Reefs Accelerating on Rising Sea Temperatures: Report January 5, 2018 By Kanika Sood The risks to coral reefs are accelerating largely due to human activity, with rising water temperatures meaning they now have...
ING to Stop Lending to Utilities That Use Coal for More than 5% of Energy December 12, 2017 ING by the end of 2025 will stop funding any utility company which relies on coal for more than 5...
World Leaders Aim to Breathe New Life into Paris Climate Pact; AXA Plans Initiatives December 11, 2017 By Mark Deen and Ewa Krukowska French President Emmanuel Macron this week will seek to breathe new life into the fight against global warming and sway...