U.S. Fuelmakers on Hook for Vehicle Emissions in New SEC Rule March 23, 2022 By Laura Sanicola U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships...
European Union Lawmakers Agree to Force Foreign Firms to Comply With ESG Rules March 23, 2022 By Frances Schwartzkopff and John Ainger European lawmakers have agreed to force roughly 28,000 foreign subsidiaries to comply with the bloc’s ESG rules, marking a blow...
World’s Cargo Ships Are Sailing Into Supply Chain Disruptions via Climate Risks: Report March 21, 2022 By Eric Roston Dangerous, expensive disruptions to shipping and many of the world’s roughly 3,700 ports are on the rise along with global...
Burn the Client or Burn the Carbon? Insurer AXA Grapples With Clean Energy Transition. March 17, 2022 By Alastair Marsh The glass tower in Paris where AXA SA, one of the world’s largest insurers, has its temporary headquarters looks as...
Climate Change Is Making Australia a More Difficult Place to Live: Prime Minister March 9, 2022 By Ben Westcott and Sybilla Gross Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded that a changing climate is making the country a more difficult place to live...
Flash Floods Threaten 126,000 Commercial Buildings in London, and Risk Will Worsen February 25, 2022 By Jessica Shankleman More than 126,000 commercial buildings in London are at risk from flash flooding. Climate change will heighten that threat. Those...
Extreme Wildfires Expected to Increase 30% by 2050 February 24, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Indonesia’s peatlands, California’s forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a...
Climate Change Could Push Flood Losses in U.S. to $40B by 2050 February 17, 2022 By Don Jergler Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the U.S. by...
French Insurer CNP to Stop Financing New Oil/Gas Projects to Help Limit Global Warming February 17, 2022 By Simon Jessop France’s CNP Assurances CNPP.PA will no longer finance new oil and gas projects or invest more money in companies planning...
Corporate Climate Targets to Have Limited Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Report February 10, 2022 Some of the world’s biggest companies have made climate targets that will have only a limited impact on their actual...