Climate Change Could Cut Global GDP by 18% by 2050 – If Nothing Is Done: Swiss Re April 22, 2021 If nothing is done to combat climate change, global temperatures could rise by 3.2°C within the next 30 years, shrinking...
Zurich Insurance Deepens Climate Change Strategy April 1, 2021 Zurich Insurance Group said it will be taking further, deeper steps to help curb carbon emissions in line with the...
France’s AXA Drops German Power Giant RWE as a Client over Large Coal Operations March 12, 2021 By Alastair Marsh and Vanessa Dezem AXA SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights...
UK Insurer Aviva Plans to Become Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040 March 1, 2021 British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this...
AXA, Other Mega-Investors Seek to Avoid Portfolios with Global Warming Potential February 24, 2021 By Alastair Marsh All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA...
As Insurers Exit Coal Underwriting, They May Find It’s Good for Stock Valuations February 2, 2021 By Tim Quinson As far as climate groups like the Sunrise Project are concerned, getting insurers out of the coal underwriting business is...
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...
Zurich Commits to UN Climate Change Targets, to Using only Renewable Energy by 2022 July 1, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its...
House Passes Climate Now Act, But What’s The Next Step? May 2, 2019 By Don Jergler The U.S. must take an active role in mitigating climate change on the global stage. So says the U.S. House...
Average World Temperatures to Far Exceed Paris Climate Agreement Goals: Report December 13, 2018 By Nina Chestney Average world temperatures are on course to far exceed the main goal set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on limiting...