Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Swiss Re to Host Conference on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Jul 12 2002 // Swiss Re will host a two-day conference at the at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on July 17 and 18 focusing on the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climate change. “The conference will...
Munich Re Reviews 2001, Warns on Meteorites, Climate Change
Mar 15 2002 // Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, has just published an analysis of last year’s loss events, which includes a discussion of “underestimated loss potentials,” notably risks from a sudden...
Skeptics Challenge IPCC Global Warming Findings
Feb 25 2002 // A group of distinguished American and British Scientists has taken issue with the widely publicized findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concerning the effect of man’s activities,...
Global Warming Debate Heats Up
Jul 12 2001 // A new report from the United Nation’s International Panel on Climate Change warns that global temperatures are rising much more rapidly than previous estimates had indicated and predicted disastrous environmental...
Study Disagrees With Global Warming Notion
Jul 12 2001 // A study analyzing insured hurricane damages from all hurricanes which impacted the continental U.S. in the 20th Century, disagrees with some analysts’ claims who stated that global warming has caused gains in...
RIMS Signs Agreement with U.S. EPA
Jun 25 2001 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement to develop a framework for addressing risk and insurance management issues relating to climate...
World Disasters Seen As Global Warming Outcome
Feb 21 2001 // If global warming is not halted over the next several years, massive flooding, disease and drought could hit countries around the world according to a U.N. scientific team. On Monday, the scientists said they foresaw...
World Disasters Seen As Global Warming Outcome
Feb 20 2001 // If global warming is not halted over the next several years, massive flooding, disease and drought could hit countries around the world according to a U.N. scientific team. On Monday, the scientists said they foresaw...
The Global Picture: Debate Over Climate Change Continues to Storm
Feb 12 2001 // Experts agree that the world’s climate is changing, but the debate continues about the causes and consequences. Multiple interactive factors are involved. The oceans warm and cool, the sun goes through an 11-year...
Managing The Risk From Climate Change
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
IPCC Report Finds Increased Global Warming
Jan 22 2001 // The International Panel on Climate Change, meeting in Shanghai, reported that the global warming trend was increasing more rapidly than previously anticipated, making widespread climate related weather effects more...
“Lothar,” “Martin” and Climate Change Buffet French P/C Insurers
Dec 15 2000 // A report from the French Federation of Insurance Companies, and an analysis of the French non-life sector from Standard & Poor’s both show that lingering problems from last year’s devastating windstorms,...
As Climate Conference Fails, CGNU Director Warns of Mounting Damages
Nov 26 2000 // Even as delegates at the UN sponsored environmental conference in the Hague failed to reach any agreement to address the effects of climate change, Dr. Andrew Dlugolecki, director of general insurance development at CGNU,...
