Bill Advances in New Mexico to Gird Against Climate Crises January 26, 2023 A legislative panel advanced a bill this week that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to...
Climate Is Forcing the Most Risk-Aware Industry to Reinvent Itself January 25, 2023 By Akshat Rathi When it comes to climate impacts, the frontline of the finance industry is insurance. Last year’s payout from damages caused...
Australia’s Extreme Weather Events to Worsen as Climate Warms: Report November 23, 2022 By Ainslie Chandler Australia will experience an increase in extreme heat, intense rainfall and coral-bleaching events, as well as longer fire seasons and...
African Insurers Pledge $14 Billion of Cover for Climate Disaster Risks November 9, 2022 By Virginia Furness and Simon Jessop A group of over 85 insurers in Africa has pledged to create a financing facility to provide $14 billion of...
Fierce Storms Batter Northern France, Ripping Off Roofs, Cutting Power October 25, 2022 Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and...
Climate Concern Dropped Amid the Pandemic, but Not for Everyone October 20, 2022 By Don Jergler Evidently, climate concern dropped last year. A new Gallup World Risk Poll shows fewer than half of those questioned said...
Extreme Weather Poses as Big a Threat to Global Energy Security as Ukraine War: WMO October 12, 2022 Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on...
Assets of World’s Largest Companies at Growing Risk of Climate Impact: S&P September 19, 2022 By Juliette Portala Over 90% of the world’s largest companies will have at least one asset highly exposed to the physical impacts of...
NYT Piece Calls out ‘Summer of Climate Disasters’ September 8, 2022 By Don Jergler Insurance professionals in the alternative energies sector may want to take note of a recent Bloomberg opinion piece that focuses...
Droughts, Floods, Other Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Economy $5.6T by 2050 August 29, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to...