Update: Activists Sue BNP Over Energy Loans, TotalEnergies Over Human Rights February 23, 2023 By Mathieu Rosemain and America Hernandez Climate and human rights activists sued two of France’s biggest corporations over fossil fuel financing and alleged human rights abuses...
Insurance Industry Support of Carbon Removal Needed in Drive to Net Zero July 13, 2022 By L.S. Howard Ditching investments in fossil fuel businesses—and denying them insurance—aren’t the only ways for the insurance industry to participate in the...
Climate Change Exacerbates Extreme Weather in Europe: Report April 25, 2022 By John Ainger Climate change produced another record-breaking year of extreme weather in Europe in 2021, triggering catastrophic flooding and the hottest summer...
As Climate Disclosures Toughen, Corporate Laggards May Be Vulnerable to Lawsuits April 13, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Simon Jessop A push by Britain to toughen up corporate environmental disclosures will cast a spotlight on climate change dawdlers as campaigners...
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...
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...
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...
Climate Activists Behind Landmark Shell Verdict Set Sights on 30 Multinationals January 13, 2022 By Anthony Deutsch and Simon Jessop The Dutch wing of environmental group Friends of the Earth, which won a landmark court case against Royal Dutch Shell...
COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming November 15, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and William James GLASGOW – U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the...
What Are the Economic Stakes of Climate Change? October 25, 2021 By Mark Johnson COP26 climate talks in Glasgow starting next Sunday may be the world’s best last chance to cap global warming at...