All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2022 // Montana’s fishing economy has proven resilient amid the impacts of drought, but a new study suggests that 35% of its cold water habitats could become unsuitable for trout by 2080, costing the state an estimated $192...
Sep 13 2022 // Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell...
Sep 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers BMS and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Names Aon’s Gillett CEO of BMS InternationalBMS, the independent specialty...
Aug 26 2022 // California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with air regulators adopting the world’s most stringent rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles.The move by the California Air...
Aug 17 2022 // Sunoco subsidiary Aloha Petroleum has filed a federal lawsuit in Hawaii against AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, saying the insurer has breached its duty to defend Aloha against climate...
Aug 17 2022 // New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas.Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn...
Aug 15 2022 // From a global pandemic to unprecedented racial, social and political turmoil, to sustainability and climate change, senior executives across industries have been forced to deal with a range of issues that have not...
Aug 1 2022 // The UK’s heat wave earlier this month fueled so many blazes in London that the city’s fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II. More than 840 people may have died in England and...
Jul 29 2022 // To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian...
Jul 22 2022 // The temporary disruption at London’s Luton Airport on Monday when soaring temperatures caused a small section of the asphalt to lift is an example of the challenges airports face in making their infrastructure...
Jul 21 2022 // Brutal heatwaves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August.In addition to temperatures spiking above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit),...
Jul 20 2022 // Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be...
Jul 18 2022 // JERTE, Spain – Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say...
Jul 12 2022 // Insurance broker WTW reported its acquisition of Butterwire, a provider of data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning platforms.Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the financial analytics company will become a...
Jul 6 2022 // Europe’s landmark test of banks’ resilience to global warming was far softer than many lenders had expected, according to people familiar with the matter.Even the toughest hypothetical scenarios in the European...
Jul 1 2022 // Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced.In the last three...
Jun 30 2022 // There is overwhelming public support across the globe for using renewable energy, according to a new survey out from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.The international survey was published on Wednesday. It...
Jun 29 2022 // Since its debut on a rural Tennessee farm two decades ago, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival strived to be one of the country’s greenest music festivals, investing in recycling, composting, solar energy and other...
Jun 27 2022 // Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, announced it has launched a global practice focusing on public sector and climate resilience solutions, with responsibility for developing Gallagher Re’s core offering...
Jun 15 2022 // The UK’s accounting watchdog is proposing new rules for insurance companies to make sure actuaries factor in climate change risk.“As the importance of climate change risks continues to grow it is critical that...