Envoys from some 190 nations are taking more seriously the idea of setting a goal for phasing out the pollution from fossil fuels, lending support to the movement against investments in oil and coal companies. After a week of discussions …
There is opportunity in climate change. That’s the frown-upside down view being taken by at least one large insurance broker under part of a global initiative to heighten the awareness of global risk and investing opportunities. Operating under the umbrella …
The phrase “climate change” yields roughly 108 million results in a Google search – in the ballpark in terms of numbers of results with “Jesus Christ,” “Mohamed” and “selfie” – and you can expect the phrase to become an even …
A major climate change report issued over the weekend offers dire predictions, a call to action to government and industry and it assesses the blame for a rapidly changing and more volatile world on mankind. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel …
The U.N.’s climate chief called on the oil and gas industry on Thursday to make a drastic shift to a clean, low-carbon future or risk having to leave three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves in the ground. “The time for experimentation, …
More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks on Friday, breaking a week-long deadlock over procedure. “(The work plan) was not an easy issue to agree …
Institutional investors with a collective $26 trillion under management opened a new front Thursday in the fight against climate change, urging the private sector to mobilize, follow the money and find new technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Putting a …
Canada is this week hosting the third of seven United Nations conferences to develop a set of sustainability principles for the insurance industry. Insurance industry CEOs and other senior executives from Bermuda, Canada and the United States are attending the …
A 72-nation nuclear forum said on Thursday it backed a U.N.-led campaign to strengthen atomic safety in the light of Japan’s crisis and promised to carry out prompt steps as a result. Japan’s month-long struggle to stabilise the Fukushima nuclear …
