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...
NASA: Earth’s Temperature in 2021 Was 1.5 Degrees F Above Baseline February 3, 2022 By Don Jergler Earth’s global average surface temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline...
Viewpoint: Climate Change Litigation – Why Better Disclosure Is Vital as Cases Rise February 2, 2022 By Thomas Englerth With the effects of climate change becoming more palpable, a rise in climate litigation cases could have significant financial and...
QBE Launches Sustainable Energies Unit to Support Clients’ Transition to Lower Carbon January 28, 2022 QBE has launched a Sustainable Energies unit to support customers as they transition to lower carbon energy. The unit will...