All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2021 // Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a...
Sep 14 2021 // If anyone should be attuned to the real-world impacts of global warming, it’s the policy makers and business heads that have to deal with the fallout. But even the most well-intentioned can fail to grasp just how bad...
Sep 2 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.As climate change alters the atmosphere and increases the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes, insurers must adapt to a shifting environment and industry...
Aug 31 2021 // The Connecticut Insurance Department and U.S. experts on climate change, resiliency, mitigation and adaptation are leading a discussion on what the insurance industry should consider to mitigate and adapt.On October 13 and...
Aug 26 2021 // It’s counterintuitive to run toward a fire, or any risk for that matter, but that mindest doesn’t seem to always hold.U.S. counties with the biggest proportions of homes facing high heat, drought, fire, flood...
Aug 26 2021 // Swiss Re and carbon removal specialist Climeworks are partnering to combat climate change — by signing the world’s first long-term purchase agreement for direct air capture and storage of carbon dioxide, worth...
Aug 25 2021 // Climate change is making China’s annual summer floods worse, and cities housing millions of people aren’t prepared to handle the damage.Record-breaking rainfall in the central province of Henan killed more than...
Aug 24 2021 // The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more likely and more intense by climate change.These are the conclusions of a rapid attribution report put together in...
Aug 18 2021 // Connecticut is continuing to engage with the insurance industry on climate change and its implications with its latest release of a national survey on climate risk in the insurance industry.Previously one of six states...
Aug 13 2021 // Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29. The father of six would never make it home.It was a sweltering day with temperatures topping 100 degrees...
Aug 12 2021 // Six insurers have ruled out Arctic refuge drilling, according to a report out this week from the Gwich’in Steering Committee.The Gwich’in are the northernmost Indian Nation living in 15 villages scattered...
Aug 11 2021 // The famous islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts are facing serious impacts from rising sea levels and more powerful coastal storms driven by climate change, a new environmental report warns.The...
Aug 9 2021 // Today, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its latest comprehensive report on the state of global climate science—just the sixth in the body’s more than 30-year history.The...
Jul 30 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a report analyzing New York domestic insurers’ management of the financial risks from climate change based on their 2020 responses to the National...
Jul 30 2021 // A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study that might influence how markets...
Jul 29 2021 // Lloyd’s of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thursday.Lloyd’s published a...
Jul 29 2021 // The California Climate Insurance Working Group has released 40 state and local policy recommendations focused on reducing damage and improving recovery following a wildfire, extreme heat wave, or flood.The report...
Jul 23 2021 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is joining with other states around the country in conducting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey. The survey allows...
Jul 22 2021 // Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe.At least 25 people in the central Chinese province of Henan died...
Jul 21 2021 // British insurer Aviva called on Wednesday for urgent action from policymakers, developers and insurers to protect homes and businesses from the impact of climate change, saying most were ill-prepared to handle extreme...