All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 13 2018 // Massachusetts’ top court on Friday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of...
Apr 13 2018 // Central bankers have been dubbed “masters of the universe” for the tools and powers they have acquired since the financial crisis. Some of them now want to play a more active role in the fight against climate...
Apr 12 2018 // Allianz says it’s further integrating ecological and social responsibility into its core business.The insurance giant, which is already known for its sustainable bent, this week issued a 2017 Sustainability Report...
Apr 2 2018 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp.’s lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the oil and gas company covered up its knowledge about climate change and lied to...
Mar 29 2018 // A three-year-old lawsuit by a group of youths against the U.S. over climate change, which looks to now get a new trial date at some point this year, has the potential to open up lawsuits on a historic scale, according to...
Mar 26 2018 // A Chevron attorney said in court last Wednesday that the company supports scientific conclusions that humans are causing climate change, a response to a lawsuit that accuses five major energy producers of misleading the...
Mar 21 2018 // Five of the world’s biggest energy producers will be questioned by a federal judge on Wednesday about climate change science, part of a lawsuit that accuses the companies of misleading the public for years about...
Mar 19 2018 // Natural disasters from droughts to floods are costing farmers in poorer countries billions of dollars a year in lost crops and livestock, and it’s getting worse thanks to climate change.Agricultural losses from...
Mar 15 2018 // The frequency of extreme winter weather in the U.S. is sensitive to Arctic temperatures, and that’s something those paying weather-related losses may want to take note of.After all, you can’t spell polar vortex...
Mar 13 2018 // Global fisheries output will slump by 20 percent by 2300 and by 60 percent in the worst-hit North Atlantic region if governments fail to slow long-term global warming, a U.S. team of scientists said on Thursday.Most...
Mar 8 2018 // The race is on for the California insurance commissioner posts as we are nearly three months from the primary, but you wouldn’t know it by speaking to people in the insurance industry.Most insurance groups and...
Mar 2 2018 // California stands in “complete opposition” to a Trump administration plan to scrap a policy slashing climate-changing emissions from power plants, its top air official said Wednesday at a U.S. hearing in a...
Mar 1 2018 // A startup modeling firm named Jupiter is reaching for the stars in its quest to better model for the impacts of climate change.The firm recently launched what its calling a “transformative cloud-based technology...
Feb 15 2018 // As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it.The company has targeted at...
Feb 8 2018 // A Washington-based conservative group is suing for information on the U.S. government’s “backstage work” on the Paris agreement it says will help pave the way for President Trump’s withdrawal from...
Feb 7 2018 // California officials are downplaying the risks of climate change to bond investors while citing those same risks as the basis for a lawsuit against oil companies, according to a conservative think tank that has asked...
Feb 7 2018 // Charlotte, NC, February 7, 2018 – Insurance Claims Adjusters, LP (ICA) is pleased to announce that Jeff Davis, vice president of claims and director of business development, will be a panelist at the 2018 Atlanta...
Jan 25 2018 // The insurance industry is making significant contributions to building socio-economic resilience to climate change and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy in their role as risk management experts and...
Jan 18 2018 // Dominic Christian, executive chairman of Aon Benfield International, has been appointed chair of ClimateWise, an organization that aims to help the insurance industry respond to the risks and opportunities of the...
Jan 12 2018 // Federal programs to protect Americans against extreme weather and other natural disasters save even more money than previously thought, according to a report funded by the same agencies that have proposed cutting many of...