Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Europe’s Heatwave Was Even Hotter with Impact of Climate Change: Research
Aug 6 2019 // Heat scorched Western Europe this July in what will likely be confirmed as the hottest month in recorded history, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. “This is not your grandfather’s...
Extreme Heat May Hurt Farms, Agriculture Industry: Report
Aug 2 2019 // As many as nine states could see heat indexes above 100 degrees for more than a quarter of the year by 2036, according to a new report. The impact of climate change will push the number of days with heat indexes above 100...
UK Regulator Asks Insurers to Weigh Possible Business Impact of Climate Change
Aug 2 2019 // The Bank of England for the first time is asking British insurers to gauge how global warming might impact the value of the stocks and bonds they hold — and its potential to upend financial markets. The central bank,...
Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience
Aug 1 2019 // Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to hit the state hard. One state official, who believes climate...
Moody’s Acquisition Could Signal Shift in Pricing of Climate Risk: Viewpoint
Jul 31 2019 // The acquisition of California-based Four Twenty Seven, Inc., by Moody’s Corporation could signify the beginning of a major shift in how markets price risks related to climate change. Up until now, these risks largely...
Climate Change Blamed for Europe’s Latest Heatwave
Jul 26 2019 // Europe’s latest summer heatwave broke heat records just weeks after the continent had its hottest ever June, fueling concern that a shifting climate is triggering more extreme weather. Germany probably set a new...
Report: California Wildfires Will Get Worse, Blame Climate Change
Jul 18 2019 // Hot, dry weather in California has resulted in a dramatic increase in wildfires. It will get worse – and you can blame climate change, according to a new report out. The report, Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate...
French Utility EDF Prepares Its Nuclear Reactors for Climate Change
Jul 11 2019 // Electricite de France SA is preparing its nuclear power facilities to operate in more severe heatwaves in the coming decades as a changing climate may interfere with key electrical equipment. The utility, which produces...
Britain’s Green Finance Strategy Could Mandate Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure
Jul 2 2019 // British public companies and pension funds may have to publish by 2022 what risks their businesses face from climate change under a new so-called green finance strategy. Britain last week became the first G7 country to...
Zurich Commits to UN Climate Change Targets, to Using only Renewable Energy by 2022
Jul 1 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its actions range from committing to UN targets for global temperature...
Citing Climate Change, Chubb Will Limit Insuring, Investing in Coal Plants
Jul 1 2019 // Global insurer Chubb announced it will no longer underwrite the construction and operation of new coal-fired plants or new risks for companies that generate more than 30% of their revenues from coal mining or energy...
Climate Change Forcing Some Alaskan Villages to Relocate
Jul 1 2019 // Accelerating erosion is forcing villages in western Alaska to begin making plans to move, officials said. Erosion caused by climate change threatens village infrastructure and could force the relocation of communities such...
Blast of Hot Air from Sahara Triggers Record Heatwave Across Europe
Jun 28 2019 // Europeans fought to stay cool as a blast of hot air from the Sahara desert sent temperatures to records in large parts of the continent and whipped up concern about climate change. Germany imposed speed restrictions on...
Poll: Majority of Americans Say Global Warming is Affecting U.S. Weather
Jun 27 2019 // The majority of Americans say global warming is important to them, and that it’s affecting the weather in the U.S. A national survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University...
UK’s Legal & General Is Divesting Exxon Shares Over Climate Change
Jun 24 2019 // One of Britain’s biggest fund managers started selling shares in Exxon Mobil Corp., saying America’s largest oil company isn’t doing enough to address climate change. Legal & General Investment...
Climate Change Forcing Some Alaskan Villages to Relocate
Jun 20 2019 // Accelerating erosion is forcing villages in western Alaska to begin making plans to move, officials said. Erosion caused by climate change threatens village infrastructure and could force the relocation of communities such...
Penn. Governor Wolf Wants Power Plant Emission Plan to Fight Climate Change
Jun 20 2019 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is asking Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature to take steps toward authorizing the state to join a regional consortium that sets a price and caps on greenhouse gas...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must Be Halved by 2030 to Avoid 3C Warming: Scientists
Jun 19 2019 // Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to reach double that by the end of the century even if countries’ current plans are fully implemented,...
Stringent Climate Policy Poised to Pass in Oregon
Jun 18 2019 // Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program, a market-based approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions behind global warming. Supporters call it the...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications
Jun 13 2019 // Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily injury and property damage, directors and officers claims for a...
