Opinion: California’s Wildfires Burn Our Climate Illusions March 4, 2019 By Liam Denning Joan Didion’s “Holy Water,” written in 1977, is a paean to the elaborate engineering that supplied her taps in Malibu...
Firefighters Gain Upper Hand over New Zealand Wildfires; Evacuees Return Home February 12, 2019 By Nick Perry About 3,000 people who fled as a wildfire threatened a New Zealand town were allowed to return home Monday [Feb....
One-Third of Himalayan Glaciers at Risk from Climate Change: Study February 11, 2019 By Binaj Gurubacharya One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for...
Australia Sweltered in January Through Hottest Month on Record February 4, 2019 By Rod McGuirk Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the...
The Polar Vortex And Climate Change January 31, 2019 By Don Jergler A new report outlines the numerous risks insurers face from climate change. The report from Sustainalytics, a provider of ESG...
Warming Oceans Cause Krill to Shift Closer to Antarctica: Scientists January 22, 2019 By Alister Doyle Krill are shifting south towards Antarctica as the oceans warm, disrupting stocks that are eaten by penguins and whales and...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
Climate Change, Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Rhine River Shipping Access January 18, 2019 By William Wilkes, Vanessa Dezem and Brian Parkin Kevin Kilps’s car ferry churns the waters of Germany’s Rhine river as he steers toward the bank opposite Kaub, a...
Failure to Mitigate Climate Change, Cyber Attacks Are Top Global Threats: WEF January 17, 2019 By Jill Ward The failure to tackle climate change and extreme weather events are the most threatening global risks this year, according to...
Jan. 1 Renewals Saw ‘Muted Impact’ from 2018’s Catastrophes: Guy Carpenter January 14, 2019 The overall impact of catastrophe losses on property rates was muted at the Jan. 1, 2019 reinsurance renewals, but the...