Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
London Imports Climate-Related Risks Through Insurers, Supply Chains
Jul 23 2015 // London is importing climate-related risks through investments, insurers and supply chains, according to a new report that details dangers posed to the UK capital by global warming beyond the physical effects. More than...
New York Grants Provisional Charter for Museum on Climate Change
Jul 22 2015 // The plan for a museum in New York City that would focus on climate and climate change, with exhibits that could relate to health, social justice and rain-delayed baseball games, moved a step forward Monday, officials...
Insure Against Risk of Climate Catastrophe: Peter Orszag in Bloomberg View
Jul 17 2015 // “Go Set a Watchman” isn’t the only book this year that brings new perspective to an old story line. “Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet” should shift our narrative on...
Report Sees Major Food Shortage as Climate Change Danger
Jul 16 2015 // Climate change reports and studies abound lately – as you will note from a previous column – but one recent report gives potentially the starkest prediction yet of what impacts climate change could have. The report...
Conn. Officials Incorporate Climate Change Projections Into Shoreline Projects
Jul 6 2015 // Thumping louder than the crashing surf and cawing gulls, the pile driver pounding into the earth beats a rumbling rhythm for the birdwatchers, beach walkers, bicyclists and sunbathers at Hammonasset Beach State...
Spate of Climate Change Reports Ahead of Global Summit
Jul 2 2015 // Ahead of December’s big and much-talked about United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 or CMP11, it seems there’s been an information ramp up of sorts. I’m not just talking about Pope...
China Seeking “Win-Win” Climate Plan; Poised for Pledge
Jun 29 2015 // China is seeking a fair, global system to tackle climate change and is about to make a joint announcement on the environment, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said before a summit in Brussels with top European Union officials on...
U.S. Warns of Dire Consequences If No Global Action on Climate Change
Jun 23 2015 // Labor productivity would dwindle as workers wilt in the heat. Summers in Illinois would feel like a Louisiana swamp. Epic downpours and surging seas of the future would leave $5 trillion in losses. And worsening air...
Insurers Stepping Toward Greater Green Investment Footprint
Jun 18 2015 // This is the second of a two-part column on green bonds.The first installment focused on bond sales. Australian carrier QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has invested $190 million Australian Dollars ($148.42 million) in four green...
Shell: Insurers May Be Reluctant to Underwrite Carbon Capture Projects
Jun 12 2015 // Projects to capture carbon emissions from power plants and store them permanently underground face “large risk premiums” from insurers because the technology is so new, Royal Dutch Shell plc...
Montana Farmers Union Recognizes Effects of Climate Change
Jun 10 2015 // The Montana Farmers Union launched an initiative this month to educate its 11,000 members about the effects of global warming in Montana, where early signs may be decreasing snowpack and resilient weeds and pests. The...
G-7 Pushes for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by End of This Century
Jun 8 2015 // Some of the world’s richest nations threw their weight behind a plan to stamp out fossil-fuel emissions by the end of the century in an unprecedented show of unity on climate change. The Group of Seven is pushing to...
Investors Must Factor Climate Change in Their Portfolio Risk: Mercer Study
Jun 5 2015 // Most investors need to make a significant behavioral shift and start factoring climate change into their portfolio risk management, a study on its impact on financial market returns found. Government officials are meeting...
NOAA Research Warns Global Warming Continues Unabated
Jun 5 2015 // The pace of global warming hasn’t slowed since 1998, a finding that contradicts a major United Nations study and challenges a key argument of skeptics of manmade climate change. Temperatures since 2000 have risen at...
Green Bond Wave Ahead of Climate Change Conference in Paris?
Jun 4 2015 // This is the first of a two-part column on green bonds. The second installment will include interviews with Axa, QBE and Zurich. Ahead the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, also called COP21 or...
AXA Plans to Sell Coal Assets, Citing Concerns About Climate Change
May 22 2015 // France’s largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor. AXA SA Chief...
Insurance Pros: What Are Your Thoughts on Climate Change?
May 21 2015 // President Barack Obama and potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush declared a war of words within the war on climate change this week. The two diametrically opposed politicians’ verbal clash in the media may be a...
Weather Derivatives Backed By Climate Change Clamor
May 7 2015 // According to William W. Windle, managing director of Munich Re Trading LLC, business has been brisk lately in the weather derivatives market. There are many reasons for this, and while Windle may wince at any suggestion...
California Governor’s Aggressive Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Apr 30 2015 // California would aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 under an ambitious plan announced by Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor’s executive order goes further than a federal proposal also aiming to curb...
Connecticut Governor Creates Climate Change Panel
Apr 24 2015 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is creating a new council to make sure the state of Connecticut meets its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Marking Earth Day on April 22, Malloy said Connecticut has...
