Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in Next 100 Years
Dec 4 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the...
Investors Turn Up Heat on Insurers to Disclose Risk from Climate Change
Dec 1 2005 // Citing the risks that they say insurance companies face from losses and financial risks associated with climate change, 20 U.S. investors led by several state treasurers urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance...
UN Climate Conference Begins; CO² Levels Highest in 650,000 Years
Nov 28 2005 // The United Nations 2005 Climate Change Conference gets under way in Montreal today – the first such meeting to be held since the Kyoto Agreement came into force earlier this year, and the largest gathering since the...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in U.S. Over Next 100 Years
Nov 21 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in U.S. Over Next 100 Years
Nov 20 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east...
Debating the Changing Climate — It’s for the Birds
Nov 7 2005 // “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” Powerful, but perhaps prophetic words, following the passage of Katrina and Rita. Have we “scorned,” in William...
Debating the Changing Climate – It’s for the Birds
Nov 6 2005 // Powerful, but perhaps prophetic words, following the passage of Katrina and Rita. Have we “scorned,” in William Congreve’s words, the scientific community’s warnings that the world is getting...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // New Reports Issued on Climate Change: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused more attention on global warming. The debate continues to rage over whether the higher temperatures and rising sea levels are a wholly natural...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from hurricanes...
California Heating Up, Could Face More Blackouts
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country. Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from...
California Heating Up, Could Face More Blackouts
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
IPCC Report Finds CO2 Storage Could Reduce Climate Change Effects
Sep 27 2005 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused the world’s attention on the global warming phenomenon. It seems clear that worldwide temperatures, especially those in the oceans, have risen over the last decade. Whether...
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to U.S. Insurance Industry
Sep 19 2005 // Report Warns of Dire Consequences Unless Industry, Government Act Hurricane Katrina is a reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at great risk from escalating losses from hurricanes and other...
Heat Waves Could Hurt California’s Energy Grid
Sep 19 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to U.S. Insurance Industry
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina is a reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at great risk from escalating losses from hurricanes and other weather-related events, according to a report by a Boston-based investor and...
Hurricanes Getting Stronger Even as Worldwide Total Drops
Sep 16 2005 // The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to Industry from Climate Change
Sep 8 2005 // Hurricane Katrina is a reminder to the U.S. insurance industry, companies, governments and the general public that all are at risk from escalating losses from hurricanes and other weather-related events due to climate...
R&M Issues Climate Change Report
Sep 1 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Climate Change and the Insurance Industry” to their offering. “The 1st Edition of Climate Change and the Insurance Industry report is a...
Insurance Industry’s Share of Weather-Related Losses Rising, Researcher Says
Aug 22 2005 // Also, Majority of Weather Losses Tied to Smaller Events, Not Larger Catastrophes The insurance industry’s share of the world’s total economic losses from weather-related catastrophes is rising and 60 percent of...
