Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists
May 6 2024 // A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional...
Climate Change Concern About to Removed from Florida Energy Law
May 2 2024 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida, perhaps the most vulnerable state to sea-level rise and extreme weather, is on the verge of repealing what’s left of a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when...
Poll: Climate Change Concerns Grow, but Few Believe Biden’s Climate Law Will Help
Apr 23 2024 // A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year (six-in-10 Democrats and one-quarter of...
Arbol Unit Buys Centauri Insurance, Forms Lilypad to Broaden Climate Risk Coverage
Apr 22 2024 // A subsidiary of Arbol Inc., a firm that has specialized in climate risks for businesses, including parametric insurance products, has acquired Sarasota, Florida-based Centauri Insurance from Applied Underwriters. The...
Climate Change to Cause $38 Trillion a Year in Damages by 2049
Apr 18 2024 // Climate change will inflict losses to the global economy worth an annual $38 trillion by 2049, as extreme weather ravages agricultural yields, harms labor productivity and destroys infrastructure, according to researchers...
Greece Invests Over €2 Billion to Fight Climate Change Effects
Apr 8 2024 // Greece is investing €2.1 billion ($2.27 billion) to protect the nation from natural disasters caused by climate change as wildfires are already breaking out ahead of fire season, which normally starts in May. The Aegis...
States Eye Requiring Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay for Some Climate Change Damage
Apr 3 2024 // The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme...
Shell Says Landmark Court Ruling Obstructs Fight Against Climate Change
Apr 2 2024 // Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight against climate change. In a landmark ruling that shocked the...
Pennsylvania County Suing Oil Industry Over Climate Change
Apr 2 2024 // A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in...
10 Years After Washington Landslide, Climate Change Is Increasing The Danger
Mar 25 2024 // After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history in Washington, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her...
Tech Update: Aon Launches Climate Risk Monitor to Aid Risk Mgmt, Renewal Decisions
Mar 22 2024 // Insurance broker Aon plc has launched its Climate Risk Monitor, a tool that helps clients visualize and understand their exposures to physical climate risk in order to enable better business decisions. The property...
Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns
Mar 20 2024 // All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization warned they were “off the charts.” The...
Sierra Club Sues SEC for Weakening Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
Mar 15 2024 // A major environmental group has sued to challenge new rules issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring public companies to report climate-related risks, arguing they do not go far enough to protect...
Australia Warns of Critical Financial Risks to Insurers and Banks From Climate Change
Mar 12 2024 // Australia’s worsening climate change may see insurance companies and banks withdraw their services from communities vulnerable to extreme events, potentially triggering “cascading effects” across the...
Europe Faces 3C of Global Warming. Here’s How It Plans to Cope.
Mar 8 2024 // Europe will be 3C hotter even if the world succeeds in limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, bringing with it the heightened peril of extreme weather and trillions of euros of damages to the...
Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
Mar 7 2024 // Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Wednesday,...
City of Chicago Sues Oil and Gas Corporations for Climate Change Deception
Feb 22 2024 // The City of Chicago is suing six oil and gas corporations and their largest trade association for deceiving Chicago consumers about the climate change dangers associated with their products, mayor Brandon Johnson announced...
Global Warming Exceeded Benchmark Over 12-Month Period for First Time on Record
Feb 9 2024 // Global warming exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees C over a 12-month period for the first time in record keeping. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released its findings in its Global Climate...
Money Managers Try to Put a Price on Climate Risk. It’s Not Easy.
Feb 8 2024 // When investors contemplate risk, it’s straightforward to think about measurable economic shifts like rising interest rates, inflation and sales trends. The data are readily available and simple enough to incorporate...
Climate Change Poses Significant Risk for South African Insurers: Old Mutual
Jan 29 2024 // Climate change poses the most significant threat for South African insurance companies and risks raising premiums and the cost of reinsurance, a top official at its biggest insurer by assets said. After staying almost flat...
