Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: More U.S. Residents Heading Toward Climate Change Dangers Than Away
Aug 26 2021 // It’s counterintuitive to run toward a fire, or any risk for that matter, but that mindest doesn’t seem to always hold. U.S. counties with the biggest proportions of homes facing high heat, drought, fire, flood...
Swiss Re Signs $10M Carbon Removal Purchase Agreement to Fight Climate Change
Aug 26 2021 // Swiss Re and carbon removal specialist Climeworks are partnering to combat climate change — by signing the world’s first long-term purchase agreement for direct air capture and storage of carbon dioxide, worth...
China’s Cities Aren’t Prepared for Extreme Weather Caused by Climate Change
Aug 25 2021 // Climate change is making China’s annual summer floods worse, and cities housing millions of people aren’t prepared to handle the damage. Record-breaking rainfall in the central province of Henan killed more...
Climate Change Exacerbated Germany’s Deadly Floods: Report
Aug 24 2021 // The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more likely and more intense by climate change. These are the conclusions of a rapid attribution report put together...
Connecticut Insurance Department Releases National Survey on Climate Risk
Aug 18 2021 // Connecticut is continuing to engage with the insurance industry on climate change and its implications with its latest release of a national survey on climate risk in the insurance industry. Previously one of six states...
Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers
Aug 13 2021 // Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29. The father of six would never make it home. It was a sweltering day with temperatures topping 100 degrees...
Concerned Scientists Outline What U.S. Should Do to Deal with Climate Change
Aug 12 2021 // Six insurers have ruled out Arctic refuge drilling, according to a report out this week from the Gwich’in Steering Committee. The Gwich’in are the northernmost Indian Nation living in 15 villages scattered...
Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Face Dire Climate Change Impact
Aug 11 2021 // The famous islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts are facing serious impacts from rising sea levels and more powerful coastal storms driven by climate change, a new environmental report...
5 Key Takeaways From Latest United Nations Report on Climate Change
Aug 9 2021 // Today, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its latest comprehensive report on the state of global climate science—just the sixth in the body’s more than 30-year history. The...
DFS Issues New Report on Insurers’ Management of Climate Change Risks
Jul 30 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a report analyzing New York domestic insurers’ management of the financial risks from climate change based on their 2020 responses to the National...
Global Warming Could Kill 83 Million People by Turn of Next Century: Study
Jul 30 2021 // A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study that might influence how markets...
Lloyd’s Plans Insurance for Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel, in Climate Change Fight
Jul 29 2021 // Lloyd’s of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thursday. Lloyd’s published a...
Scientists Call for Urgent Climate Change Action, Citing ‘Tipping Point’
Jul 29 2021 // The California Climate Insurance Working Group has released 40 state and local policy recommendations focused on reducing damage and improving recovery following a wildfire, extreme heat wave, or flood. The report...
Pennsylvania Joining National Survey on Climate Risk in the Insurance Industry
Jul 23 2021 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is joining with other states around the country in conducting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey. The survey allows...
Deadly Floods in China, Europe Send Stark Reminder of Climate Change Vulnerabilities
Jul 22 2021 // Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe. At least 25 people in the central Chinese province of Henan...
UK’s Aviva Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Homes, Businesses from Climate Change
Jul 21 2021 // British insurer Aviva called on Wednesday for urgent action from policymakers, developers and insurers to protect homes and businesses from the impact of climate change, saying most were ill-prepared to handle extreme...
U.S. Heatwave ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Scientists Say
Jul 15 2021 // An international group of 27 climate scientists have concluded that the recent heat wave in the Pacific Northwest was “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.” National Weather Service reports...
Howden Launches Climate Risk and Resilience Division
Jul 15 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced the launch of a Climate Risk and Resilience division. Led by Charlie Langdale, the team will focus on risk transfer products that help to accelerate and de-risk the move...
Global Financial Regulators Seek Coordinated Response to Climate Change Risk
Jul 7 2021 // The world’s top financial regulators want to coordinate efforts to prepare for potential risks from climate change as authorities still lack common standards for assessing what could be one of the biggest threats...
Biden Calls Heat Wave a ‘Wake-Up Call’ on Climate Change, Commits to More Firefighters
Jul 2 2021 // The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters — and immediately raising their pay — as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that is setting the stage for...
