All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...