Canada Insurers Investing in Fossil Fuels as Climate Risks Grow: Shareholder Group July 10, 2024 Canada’s top property and casualty insurers have invested more than C$19.5 billion ($14.30 billion) in fossil fuels production at a...
Earth Continues Streak of Record-Shattering Hot Months July 9, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Earth’s more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service...
Zimbabwe Gets $32 Million in Drought Insurance From Agency of African Union July 5, 2024 By Godfrey Marawanyika Zimbabwe received $31.8 million from African Risk Capacity, an arm of the African Union, as part of an insurance payout...
Right-Wing Political Tilt in Countries Across Globe Will Not Derail Climate Action July 2, 2024 By Simon Jessop, Susanna Twidale and Virginia Furness A political tilt to the right in Europe and a potential Trump presidency in the U.S. will not derail climate...
Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent June 28, 2024 By Katharine Gemmell and Karin Matussek Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist...
Protecting 1.2% of Earth Would Prevent Most Extinctions, Study Says June 25, 2024 By Jake Spring Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world’s land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and...
Climate Change Blamed on Deadly Heat Wave in Mexico, Southwest US June 21, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking...
Insured Losses from Recent South Florida Floods Reaching into the Millions June 21, 2024 Recent flooding in south Florida caused insured losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, from auto and homeowners claims,...
Activist Report Shows More Insurers Making Climate-Related Disclosures June 21, 2024 By Don Jergler A new report from a climate activist group portrays a “mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges” in the insurance...
Number of Companies Setting Climate Transition Plans Jumps 44% in 2023: Research June 20, 2024 The number of companies saying they have a climate transition plan in line with the world’s most ambitious goal has...