Latest Climate Change Headlines

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

Climate Change Sends Most Indicators of Earth’s Health Into Danger Zone: Study

Sep 15 2023 // From dangerously warm temperatures to vast species extinctions, humans are living on a planet that is becoming inhospitable — with only three key health markers considered safe, according to a new scientific...

Report Examines Hot Summer Days Linked to Climate Change in U.S. Cities

Sep 15 2023 // A new analysis shows which U.S. states, regions and cities felt the strongest influence of climate change during the summer – the hottest on record.The analysis from Climate Central, a group of scientists and...

Climate Change Drives Insurance Woes in Louisiana

Sep 11 2023 // A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move his business out of town.When the project...

US Homebuyers Weigh Climate Risk in Picking a House, Zillow Says

Sep 6 2023 // More than four in five US homebuyers are factoring in climate risks when they shop for a new house, according to a new survey by real estate firm Zillow.Some 83% of respondents said they weighed at least one climate risk...

Report: Climate Change Boosts Risk of Extreme Wildfires 25%

Sep 5 2023 // A group of scientists used machine learning to quantify empirical relationships between temperature and the risk of extreme daily wildfire growth in California to show the influence of temperature on the risk – and they...

Climate Change Means Californians Need Flood Insurance Now, Too

Sep 5 2023 // Californians know wildfires and earthquakes; hurricanes, not so much. So when Tropical Storm Hilary inundated Southern California in normally bone-dry August, it showed just how exposed homeowners are to a growing...

How Aerial Imagery and AI are Helping Florida’s Insurers with Climate Change and Fraud

Aug 25 2023 // Residents of Southeastern states like Florida will be looking ahead to the heart of hurricane season with trepidation. With climate change bringing storms that are wetter, slower and more prone to intensifying rapidly,...

Climate Change Doubled Odds of Eastern Canada’s Extreme Wildfire Weather: Research

Aug 23 2023 // This summer’s wildfires in eastern Canada have raged so intensely that smoke from them darkened skies as far away as Portugal. From the outset, scientists said that Canada’s historic wildfire season bore the...

How Climate Change Drives Heatwaves and Wildfires in Europe

Aug 18 2023 // Europe is once again battling scorching temperatures this summer, with wildfires blazing across the continent from the Mediterranean to Spain. Here’s how climate change drives these events.HOTTER, MORE FREQUENT...

More Funding for U.S.-Based Provider of Retained Climate Risk Reinsurance

Aug 17 2023 // Demex Group raised $5 million from a syndicate of existing and new investors the company says will address accumulating losses caused by secondary perils.The managing general agent, which “operates at the...

Vermont’s Flooded Capital Ponders Rebuild With an Eye on Climate Change

Aug 7 2023 // A beloved bookstore in Vermont`s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did...

Report: 244M in U.S. Felt at Least One July Day with Temps Likely Due to Climate Change

Aug 3 2023 // Eight-in-10 people around the globe in July were exposed to one day or more of heat made at least three times more likely by climate change, and 244 million people in the U.S. experienced at least one such day in the...

Ratings Firms Struggle With Climate Risk in $133 Trillion Market

Aug 3 2023 // With 46 straight days of 100-degree heat and coastal waters approaching hot-tub temperatures, Miami can seem like a clear example of the costs of a warming world. But analysts at S&P Global Inc. aren’t sweating...

Europe’s Most Important Trade Route Is at Risk From Climate Change

Aug 2 2023 // The Rhine River has been a reliable shipping lane for centuries, helping spawn industrial giants along its banks. But those days are coming to an end, and the scramble is made all the more urgent as Germany’s...

US Lawmakers Turn to Louisiana for Experience on Climate Change Impacts to Infrastructure

Jul 28 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – This summer – as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central U.S. devastated soybean and corn crops, and...

Climate Change Lawsuits More Than Double in 5 Years as Impacts Hit Home

Jul 27 2023 // The number of court cases related to climate change has more than doubled in five years as impacts ranging from shrinking water resources to dangerous heatwaves hit home for millions, a report said on Thursday.Some 2,180...

Human-Induced Climate Change Plays ‘Overwhelming’ Role in July Heatwaves: Scientists

Jul 26 2023 // Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according to an assessment by scientists...

Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re

Jul 17 2023 // Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to the opening of previously frozen waterways in the Arctic and the creation of new shipping and trade...

London Is Falling Down — Because of Climate Change

Jul 10 2023 // Britain’s increasingly extreme weather is shaking the very foundations of its centuries-old history.The nation has been experiencing prolonged periods of drought after wet winters since last year. That’s...

Washington Commissioner Sends Climate Risk Disclosure Survey to Insurers

Jul 7 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sent out his annual Climate Risk Disclosure survey, requiring insurance companies with more than $100 million in written premiums in the United States in 2022 to respond, his...