Latest Climate Change Headlines

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

Massachusetts Top Court Rules Against Exxon in Climate Change Probe

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...

Central Banks Eye Effects of Climate Risks on Oversight of Insurers, Companies: Opinion

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...

Climate Change Act: Commit New York to Being Powered by 100% Renewables

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...

Exxon Loses Bid to Stop States from Probing If It Lied About Climate Change

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...

Youths’ Climate Change Suit Has Potential Impact on a Historic Scale for Insurance

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...

In Reply to Cities’ Liability Suit, One Oil Firm Agrees Humans Causing Climate Change

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...

Big Oil to Face Questions on Climate Change as Cities’ Abatement Lawsuit Proceeds

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...

Climate Change Worsens Effects of Natural Disasters, Costing Farmers Billions of Dollars

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...

Study Links Severe Winter Weather in Northeastern U.S. to Arctic Temps

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...

Global Fisheries’ Output to Drop by 20% by 2300 if Global Warming Isn’t Slowed: Study

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...

Lara, Poizner and Others Vying to be California Insurance Commissioner

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...

Californians Bash Trump for Bid to End Emissions-Slashing Climate Change Plan

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...

Startup Modeler Jupiter Wants to Better Predict Impacts of Climate Change

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...

Exxon Gets Combative with Critics Suing Over Climate Change Policy

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...

Climate Change and the ‘Fire Insurance Predicament’

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...

Group Urges SEC Probe of California, Cites Climate Hypocrisy

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...

Jeff Davis, ICA, to Speak on Climate Change and Property Losses at Atlanta RIMS

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...

Insurance Industry Making ‘Significant Contributions’ in Climate Change Battle, Report Shows

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...

Aon Benfield’s Christian Named Chair of ClimateWise, Raising Climate Risk Resilience

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...

Federal Disaster Mitigation Saves $6 for Every $1 Spent: Report

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...