UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear May 20, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so...
World Bank Prices $200 Million Catastrophe Bond for Jamaica May 19, 2026 By Gautam Naik The World Bank has priced a new catastrophe bond designed to help Jamaica cope with the threat of hurricanes. The...
Update: Disaster Resilience Investment Has Hit $100 Billion in Asia May 18, 2026 By Ishika Mookerjee Governments, investors and banks have poured about $100 billion into efforts to handle the effects of climate change in Asia...
El Niño Odds Rise as Storm and Crop Threats Intensify Globally May 14, 2026 By Brian K. Sullivan The odds are rising that a weather-roiling El Niño will emerge in the next few months and strengthen through the...
Viewpoint: Why Speedy Payouts Matter in EU Plan to Close Insurance Protection Gap May 14, 2026 By Ross Sinclair Executive summary: With plans for an EU natural disaster insurance fund in the works, EIP’s founder and CEO Ross Sinclair...
Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens May 12, 2026 By Joe Wertz Record-breaking heat and drought have fueled the world’s worst ever start to a wildfire year, as climate change and a...
University of Vermont Hopes New Weather Station Fills Flood Prediction Gaps May 11, 2026 By Brendan Rose / VTDigger A new University of Vermont extreme weather monitoring station opened in Lyndonville on Tuesday, the first in a planned network...
Heat-Trapping Microplastics Found to Play Role in Climate Change May 5, 2026 By Todd Woody Microplastics in the atmosphere are heating the planet, magnifying climate change impacts, according to new research. Scientists in China and...
Insurer QBE Faces Investor Pressure Over Extreme Weather Risks May 5, 2026 By Amy Bainbridge and Ishika Mookerjee Australian Ethical Investment Ltd., a pension fund with about A$14 billion ($10 billion) under management, is pressuring QBE Insurance Group...
New Jersey Lawmakers Weigh Future of New Flood Rules April 23, 2026 By Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor A joint legislative panel took more than four hours of testimony on a proposal to rescind and amend controversial flood...