All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2021 // A new global partnership with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism will focus on the impact of climate change on terrorism.START, which is based at the University of Maryland, with...
Nov 4 2021 // The United States will not be able to insure its way out of coming climate disasters, but must focus on mitigation and resiliency – along with insurer solvency — to reduce risk and exposure, insurance regulators...
Nov 3 2021 // In its latest move to address the effects of climate change, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced a new climate risk division and appointed Dr. Nina Chen as its executive deputy superintendent.Dr....
Oct 29 2021 // The Bank of England will crack down from next year on banks and insurers that do not hold enough capital to cover risks from climate change, while also considering bespoke safety buffers.Climate-related financial risks are...
Oct 25 2021 // COP26 climate talks in Glasgow starting next Sunday may be the world’s best last chance to cap global warming at the 1.5-2 degrees Celsius upper limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.The stakes for the planet are...
Oct 22 2021 // Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water started falling from the sky for the first time in any measurable way since the spring, an annual soaking that heralds the start of the rainy season following some of...
Oct 22 2021 // VENICE, Italy (AP) – After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional tides within six weeks, shocking Venetians and triggering fears about the...
Oct 22 2021 // Climate change is an “emerging threat” to U.S. financial stability that regulators should address in their everyday work, a top U.S. regulatory panel said on Thursday, a first for the United States which has...
Oct 21 2021 // New Zealand has become the first country to pass laws requiring banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, officials said on Thursday.About 200 of the largest...
Oct 18 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.With flooding from hurricane Ida in the east and fires raging on the west coast as a backdrop, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a solicitation for input from the...
Oct 18 2021 // By L.S. HowardClimate change and the race to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) are arguably the greatest challenges that face the construction industry — but will drive new opportunities, according to a...
Oct 15 2021 // Around half of companies assessed have begun to apply globally agreed climate-related disclosure standards for helping investors to pick firms committed to sustainability, regulators said on Thursday.A task force set up by...
Oct 14 2021 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Interagency Council on Climate Resilience released the final version of the state’s first Climate Change Resiliency Strategy, a science-based blueprint for protecting New...
Oct 14 2021 // The Biden administration on Thursday began a process to amend federal procurement rules to require the U.S. government – the world’s largest buyer of goods and services – to factor the risks of climate...
Oct 14 2021 // England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve its defense against more extreme weather brought by climate change, a governmental agency said Wednesday.In...
Oct 11 2021 // When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it?The simplest answer, yes, lacks specificity. All weather is a joint human-nature venture, because...
Oct 6 2021 // While events like Hurricane Ida and a Texas winter freeze demonstrate wide-reaching impacts of climate change to all but ardent deniers, even insurers and reinsurers may not fully appreciate all the risks, a new report...
Oct 1 2021 // Climate change and the race to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) are arguably the greatest challenges that face the construction industry – but will drive new opportunities, according to a report published by...
Sep 29 2021 // Climate change has returned to the top of the list of insurers’ biggest concerns as the vaccine roll-out and gradual lifting of health restrictions see pandemic fears ease in many countries.Global warming was ranked...
Sep 24 2021 // Reinsurers’ estimates of their exposure to natural catastrophe risk could be underestimated by 33%-50%, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings.“Unmodeled risks and the inherent difficulties...