All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 16 2020 // Only a year after losing their homes to floods in parts of Australia’s north eastern coast of Queensland, people are moving into new houses built on or near the same plots.But while banks have been only too willing...
Mar 11 2020 // Australia risks worse wildfires than this season’s record-breaking blazes unless it reduces emissions and phases out fossil-fuel exports, climate scientists warned.In a report titled “Summer of Crisis,”...
Mar 6 2020 // Texans should expect warmer weather, more wildfires and urban flooding, and increased impact from hurricanes through 2036 thanks to climate change, according to a new study from the Office of the Texas State Climatologist...
Mar 5 2020 // A Connecticut lawmaker has plans for a bill that not only calls for the state to look at which insurers have fossil fuel investments – a growing trend among government entities as of late – but also which ones are...
Mar 5 2020 // Climate change is adding to the risk of fierce wildfires in Australia, according to a scientific study of this season’s blazes that razed an area the size of England and killed dozens of people and more than a...
Mar 4 2020 // Scientists say that half of the world’s sandy beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked.Researchers at the European Union’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy,...
Mar 4 2020 // A decade ago, if a Floridian wanted extra cash to replace a roof, install solar panels or a brand new air conditioner, the most common choice was a bank loan. But for the last few years, homeowners also have had a...
Mar 3 2020 // At least 3.8 million U.S. homes lie in flood plains. Together, they may be overvalued by $34 billion.New research published Monday in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper shows that markets fail to...
Feb 27 2020 // In a world facing a climate crisis, investors need to start taking account of carbon emissions and rising temperatures in their decisions, according to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney.The shift in thinking will be key...
Feb 26 2020 // Singapore has a reputation for planning ahead. When it comes to climate change, it’s planning for the worst.While governments around the world are struggling to meet the goals of the Paris agreement — keeping the...
Feb 25 2020 // The Vermont House has given preliminary approval to legislation that sets requirements and deadlines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state.The so-called Global Warming Solutions Act was up for final approval...
Feb 24 2020 // The world’s financial services sector risks losses of up to $1 trillion if it fails to respond quickly to climate change and is hit by policy shifts such as the introduction of a carbon tax, a new report shows.The...
Feb 24 2020 // Australia’s prudential regulator said on Monday it was looking to better understand the financial risks of climate change and would begin undertaking deeper assessments of the industry’s vulnerabilities to...
Feb 20 2020 // “We have front row seats,” said Elise Jones, a Boulder County commissioner.Jones along with two other commissioners oversees government affairs in the Colorado county of 330,000 or so at the base of the...
Feb 19 2020 // Global warming was leading to an “irreversible” mass melting of the Antarctic ice and purging carbon from the atmosphere was the only solution to slow the process, an Australian climate scientist told Reuters...
Feb 14 2020 // Australia’s central bank chief Philip Lowe warned of wide-ranging economic and financial impacts from climate change, after his drought-stricken nation suffered some of its worst wildfires ever.Speaking on a panel...
Feb 13 2020 // Mark Carney said he’s lucky he never had to cut interest rates below zero as Bank of England governor because they would have damaged the UK.Carney, who leaves the central bank next month, has long been opposed to...
Feb 6 2020 // When scientists talk about climate change effects like sea level rise and extreme temperatures, they’re typically referring to things predicted to start noticeably occurring as soon as, say 2050, or into the next...
Jan 31 2020 // The Bank of England faces an uphill climb to get the finance industry ready for one of its biggest threats: the climate.About 80% of senior finance executives believe their firms “lack well-developed strategies to...
Jan 28 2020 // Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.The legal challenge is the...