All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2010 // The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards.The bitter cold, with more intense winter...
Feb 21 2010 // Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of becoming law before stalling or imploding. One such issue with...
Feb 8 2010 // Everyone’s heard the shibboleth “It’s not rocket science.” This implies that whatever “it” may be it’s easier than flying a rocket. In fact Robert Goddard fired off the first real...
Feb 7 2010 // Aon Risk Services 17th Political Risk Map highlights continued political and financial instability for global business in 2010, closely linked to the ongoing recession in many parts of the world.“Rising risk levels...
Jan 28 2010 // Political and financial instability remain a feature of the business landscape as a result of the recession, according to Aon Risk Services, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp. The...
Jan 26 2010 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has admitted that its Fourth Assessment Report contained an error – in one paragraph of the 938 page document – in asserting that global warming could cause the...
Jan 22 2010 // Climate change will likely increase the frequency and severity of storm activity in Texas, an area of the country that is especially vulnerable to the “triple threat” of hurricanes, hail storms and tornadoes,...
Jan 21 2010 // Hopes for stronger world action in 2010 to curb climate change have dimmed after the U.S. Democrats lost a key Senate seat to a Republican opposed to capping emissions, experts said Wednesday.The election of Republican...
Jan 10 2010 // The United Nations’ Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change strained mightily and produced — a note. Co-authored by the United States and China as a last minute face saver, only five nations signed it. This...
Dec 30 2009 // A report from Munich Re confirms that losses from natural catastrophes “were far lower in 2009 than in 2008 due to the absence on the whole of major catastrophes and a very benign North Atlantic hurricane...
Dec 29 2009 // Munich Re’s CEO Nikolaus von Bomhard issued a statement on the reinsurer’s web site that left no doubt concerning the disappointment he (and the Group) feel following the failure of the UN’s Copenhagen...
Dec 23 2009 // It’s a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And it’s not just upset...
Dec 21 2009 // U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement Saturday, Dec.19, when delegates “noted” an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the...
Dec 20 2009 // Swiss Re’s recent Economic Forum at the reinsurer’s iconic London headquarters presented a far more encouraging picture of the world’s financial condition than a year ago. Thomas Hess, Swiss Re’s...
Dec 17 2009 // Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion fund to aid poor countries, as world leaders gathered on the eve of a U.N. deadline to reach a deal to slow global warming.Environment...
Dec 16 2009 // World leaders took the stage at the largest ever climate talks on Wednesday as ministers scrambled to rescue troubled negotiations on a pact to avoid dangerous global warming.Police using truncheons and pepper spray...
Dec 14 2009 // African nations agreed to resume U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Monday after a half-day suspension, accusing rich countries of trying to kill the existing Kyoto Protocol. “We’re going back,” Pa...
Dec 10 2009 // The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) recently released a study of the oceans surrounding Bermuda, which, it said, “are arguably the most comprehensively studied marine sites in the world.” The study...
Dec 7 2009 // The biggest climate talks in history opened on Monday with a stark U.N. warning of the risk of desertification and rising seas and an assurance by hosts Denmark that a deal to combat climate change was “within...
Dec 3 2009 // China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said Wednesday.China, the...