All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 27 2014 // Danish climate scientist and TV weatherman Jesper Theilgaard told risk managers from some of Europe’s leading companies that they should not treat climate change as a “doomsday” scenario. Instead, he...
Oct 27 2014 // The decline in Arctic sea ice has doubled the chance of severe winters in Europe and Asia in the past decade, according to researchers in Japan.Sea-ice melt in the Arctic, Barents and Kara seas since 2004 has made more...
Oct 24 2014 // The U.S. and European Union are pushing for a stronger explanation about the dangers of climate change and the consequences of failing to stem fossil-fuel emissions in the UN’s most extensive report on global...
Oct 22 2014 // A report on the insurance industry released Wednesday shows “a profound lack of preparedness in addressing climate-related risks and opportunities.”Insurance industry representatives immediately criticized the...
Oct 22 2014 // Munich Re and ACE Ltd. are among insurers that are best prepared to manage risks related to climate change, a lobbying group said.The nine insurers that were found to be integrating climate change into underwriting and...
Oct 16 2014 // Who hates that glass-half-full analogy?I’m guessing more than half of you, but let’s not let that stand in the way of using the clichéd-to-death philosophical quandary to illustrate a point being made by a new...
Oct 15 2014 // Competition and regulation push companies to take action to protect themselves from the effects of climate change, not climate science, Jon Williams, partner at global consultancy firm PwC told the Reuters Global Climate...
Oct 15 2014 // The integrity of the fast-growing “green bond” market is at risk unless a clear definition of what passes for green can be agreed, Zurich Insurance’s investment chief told the Reuters Global Climate...
Oct 2 2014 // There is a love-hate relationship with the word “new.” It’s used far too often, but without it as a preface some of us don’t bother to pay attention to what’s coming next.A “new...
Oct 2 2014 // A temperature goal set by almost 200 governments as the limit for global warming is a poor guide to the planet’s health and should be ditched, a study published in the journal Nature said on Wednesday.The...
Sep 23 2014 // Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, made the following statement to the delegates at the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Summit in New York today:Good morning. I salute His Excellency the Secretary-General for...
Sep 22 2014 // While U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 other world leaders will meet in a summit devoted to climate change, the most tangible action on global warming this week may come from companies.Mars Inc. and others...
Sep 22 2014 // Climate change is not only already visible in iconic South Beach, but so is climate change adaptation, in the form of new storm water pumps meant to keep rising sea levels from swamping low-lying streets, city officials...
Sep 18 2014 // Nearly one-in-five major investors in green bonds issued by one of the world’s largest players in that market is coming from the insurance industry.If you haven’t heard much about green bonds and insurance...
Sep 8 2014 // Missions flown from the NASA base here have documented some of the most dramatic evidence of a warming planet over the past 20 years: the melting of polar ice, a force contributing to a global rise in ocean levels.The...
Sep 3 2014 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the publication of its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September.S&P said the...
Aug 29 2014 // A University of Hawaii report is warning the state’s tourism industry to start preparing now for the effects of climate change.The study says Hawaii will likely see more competition for visitors as warmer climate...
Aug 27 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that the authors have “finished drafting the Synthesis Report of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and sent the draft to governments for comments on the...
Aug 21 2014 // Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with climate...
Aug 8 2014 // The weakest link in the great global economic cog is the gazillion supply chains that bind us all.At one time these chains were an ironic metaphor. Instead of shackling companies, supply chains were providing ever greater...