Canada’s Record Wildfire Season Set to Worsen as Heat Builds July 7, 2023 By Danielle Bochove Canada is bracing for higher-than-normal wildfire activity to continue into August, as soaring temperatures and drought turn much of the...
World Sees Hottest June on Record as North Atlantic Temperatures Rise July 7, 2023 By Laura Millan Last month was the warmest June of the past three decades globally, with several places in western Europe hitting all-time...
UN Climate Alliance Scraps Emissions Rules for Insurers After Exodus July 6, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has ditched all requirements for members to set or publish greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets, the...
Association of British Insurers Pushes Members to Act on Biodiversity Loss July 6, 2023 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha A British insurance group is pushing its members, which include Allianz SE, Aviva Plc and Chubb Ltd., to step up...
Earth Keeps Breaking Temperature Records, Underscoring Dangers of Global Warming July 5, 2023 By Will Mathis and Aaron Clark Global temperatures have smashed through records this week, underscoring the dangers of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions generated from burning fossil...
Insurers Look to Loosen UN Climate Alliance Rules After Member Exodus: Sources July 5, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The remaining insurers in a United Nations-backed coalition aimed at tackling climate change are poised to loosen the alliance’s membership...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re June 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to...
Environmental Changes Put 90% of World’s Marine Food Supplies at Risk: Study June 27, 2023 By David Stanway More than 90% of the world’s marine food supplies are at risk from environmental changes such as rising temperatures and...
Howden Appoints WTW’s Douglas as CEO, Climate Risk and Resilience June 27, 2023 Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced the appointment of Rowan Douglas as CEO, Climate Risk & Resilience, effective June 26....
Canada’s Explosive Wildfires Damage Forest Set Aside for Carbon Offset Project June 26, 2023 By Natasha White and Zahra Hirji Canada’s explosive wildfire season has already pumped millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Some of that carbon...