AXIS Capital Decides to Stop Insuring Arctic Oil and Gas Projects January 15, 2021 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said it won’t insure oil and gas projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, becoming the...
Warming Arctic Is Key to Understanding Climate Change Risks, Experts Say January 14, 2021 By Clare Baldwin and Kate Abnett HONG KONG/BRUSSELS – The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global impacts of climate...
Earth Draws Closer to Climate Change Tipping Points After Another Year of Record Heat January 8, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures that has placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close...
Cities Are Stepping up Their Own Greenhouse Gas Battles January 7, 2021 By Don Jergler Long Beach, Calif., this week took a step in a plan to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions. The city council...
Climate Change Poses Much Greater Existential Risk for the World Than COVID-19 December 18, 2020 By L.S. Howard Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by “bending the curve” of temperature rises and greenhouse...
Report: Despite Pandemic-Driven Emission Redux, We’re Headed to 3-Degrees Warming December 17, 2020 By Don Jergler A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is...
Shell Fights Landmark Case Alleging Its Climate Change Stance Harms Human Rights December 17, 2020 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could...
Canada Must Address Rising Costs of Natural Disasters, Says Research Group December 8, 2020 By Esteban Duarte Canada should accelerate measures, including financing mechanisms, to help governments, companies and individuals prepare for the rising costs of weather-related...
Central American Storms in 2020 Preview What’s Ahead with Climate Change: Experts December 4, 2020 By Sarah Marsh HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY – Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take...
Environmentalists Say U.S. Insurers Lag Behind Peers on Fossil Fuels December 3, 2020 By Don Jergler U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers by enabling the fossil fuel industry, according to a report from an...