California Wildfires, Hurricane Michael Top List of 2018’s Costliest Natural Disasters: Munich Re January 8, 2019 By L.S. Howard The costliest natural catastrophes occurred in the United States in 2018 with one of California’s devastating wildfires and Hurricane Michael...
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...
Climate Change Is Major Concern for 78% of SMEs: Zurich Report November 4, 2016 Climate change is a major concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Zurich Insurance Group’s fourth annual global...
Canada ‘Needs to Do More’ to Mitigate Climate Disasters Such as Wildfires, Flood June 1, 2016 The Canadian government needs to do more to mitigate climate disasters such as floods and wildfires, a top green watchdog...
Laws May Enforce Some Environment Treaties, but Not for Climate Change October 12, 2015 By Alister Doyle If and when a global deal to curb climate change is done in Paris this December, the matter of enforcement...
Drought Conditions Affecting 28 South Carolina Counties June 22, 2015 Twenty-eight South Carolina counties are now in the first level of drought. The S.C. Drought Response Committee said June 19...
Investors Must Factor Climate Change in Their Portfolio Risk: Mercer Study June 5, 2015 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Most investors need to make a significant behavioral shift and start factoring climate change into their portfolio risk management, a...
El Niño Strengthens as Pacific Temperatures Show Same Trend as ’97-’98 May 26, 2015 By Phoebe Sedgman The El Niño taking hold across the Pacific strengthened, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, citing indexes of sea-surfaces temperatures...
China Faces Severe Threats From Climate Change: Beijing-Based Meteorologist March 25, 2015 Chinese officials don’t usually go into detail on the challenges that climate change poses for the world’s most populous and...
UN’s Weather Agency Warns 2014 May Be Warmest on Record December 3, 2014 By Alister Doyle Record high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record, or at least among the very warmest, in...