Volkswagen Targeted in Court Case That Seeks to Eliminate Polluting Cars by 2030 May 23, 2022 By Karin Matussek First it was oil giant Shell Plc, now it’s the turn of Europe’s biggest carmaker. In the wake of a...
Financial Risks of Climate Change Are Exaggerated: Senior HSBC Banker May 20, 2022 By Lawrence White, Sinead Cruise and Simon Jessop Central bank policymakers and other global authorities are exaggerating the financial risks of climate change, a senior HSBC banker in...
Canada Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ as Heavy Rain Hinders Planting May 19, 2022 By Jen Skerritt Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop...
Climate Change Boosted Cost of Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis by $4B: Study May 19, 2022 By Aaron Clark The effects of human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly $4 billion of the $10 billion in insured losses resulting...
Climate Change Is Hurting Insurance Industry: Report May 17, 2022 Climate change is hurting the insurance industry and only 8% of insurers are preparing adequately for its impact, consultants Capgemini...
Climate Change Exacerbated Deadly Floods in South Africa: Study May 16, 2022 By Antony Sguazzin and Khuleko Siwele South Africa’s deadliest floods in almost three decades was exacerbated by climate change and similarly heavy rainfall can be expected...
AXA to Join €1B Regenerative Agriculture Fund to Help Mitigate Climate Change May 13, 2022 Insurer AXA and consumer goods group Unilever plan to invest 100 million euros each into a new 1 billion euro...
Russia’s War With Ukraine Must Not Derail Climate Action: Envoys Warn May 12, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett The world needs to speed up decarbonization and not let a focus on energy security in the wake of Russia’s...
Extreme Weather Threatens Global Wheat Crops – With One Notable Exception May 12, 2022 By Megan Durisin, Kim Chipman, Jen Skerritt and James Poole As Russia’s invasion chokes off Ukrainian wheat exports, pushing up bread and noodle prices, the global harvest faces an added...
Lloyd’s of London AGM to Go Virtual on Threat of Climate Protests May 11, 2022 Commercial insurance market Lloyd’s of London is encouraging members of its 100-odd syndicates to attend its annual general meeting next...