Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Climate Change, Wildfire Risk and State Farm’s California Decision
Jun 1 2023 // Several reasons were given within State Farm’s announcement last week the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business property/casualty policies in California – including a challenging reinsurance...
Hurricane Season Tempered by El Nino, but Climate Change Could Make it Worse
May 30 2023 // Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural...
Climate Change Not ‘Serious Risk’ to Financial Stability, Fed’s Waller Says
May 12 2023 // Climate change does not pose such “significantly unique or material” financial stability risks that the Federal Reserve should treat it separately in its supervision of the financial system, Fed Governor...
AI Pioneer Says its Threat to World May Be ‘More Urgent’ Than Climate Change
May 8 2023 // Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the...
More Insurers Weigh Joint Strategy to Climate Change as They Assess Antitrust Risk
May 5 2023 // Insurers are being forced to rethink their approach to climate change as they assess the risk of being sued for antitrust violations. Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, recently backed out of the Net Zero...
Wildfires in Alaska? Climate Change Sparks Disaster Fears
May 1 2023 // Research on a flat spot for air evacuations. Talk of old-style civil defense sirens to warn of fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of urban firefighters training in wildland firefighting techniques while snow still blankets...
Climate Change Could Trigger Asset Value Losses, Harming Economy: Yellen
Mar 20 2023 // Climate change is already having a major economic and financial impact on the United States and may trigger asset value losses in coming years that could cascade through the U.S. financial system, Treasury Secretary Janet...
Canada Financial Watchdog Sets Rules for Insurers, Banks on Climate Risk Disclosure
Mar 8 2023 // Canada’s financial industry regulator published a set of guidelines for banks, insurance companies and other regulated firms to assess and disclose climate risks. Financial firms will need to release climate-related...
Yellen Warns Climate Change Could Trigger Asset Value Losses, Harming Economy
Mar 7 2023 // Climate change is already having a major economic and financial impact on the United States and may trigger asset value losses in coming years that could cascade through the U.S. financial system, Treasury Secretary Janet...
Climate Change to Cost Germany Up to €900B by 2050: Study
Mar 7 2023 // Extreme weather caused by climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros [$957.2 billion] in cumulative economic damage by mid-century, a study showed on Monday, as Europe’s biggest economy seeks climate...
Austrian Children Take Government to Court Over Climate Change
Feb 22 2023 // A dozen minors filed a lawsuit with Austria’s top court Tuesday seeking to force the government to ensure their constitutional rights are protected by taking tougher action against climate change. A lawyer for the...
Poll: Almost Half the Nation Thinks Climate Change is Here and Now
Feb 16 2023 // Nearly every other American believes that people in the U.S. are being harmed by global warming right now. It may be a bit of a revelation that half of the nation believes climate change is here and now. What’s not...
Group of Institutional Investors Back Lawsuit Against Shell’s Board Over Climate Risk
Feb 9 2023 // A group of European institutional investors is backing a novel London lawsuit against energy giant Shell’s board over alleged climate mismanagement in a case that could have far-reaching implications for how...
UK Review Advises ‘Step Change’ in Approach to Climate Change
Jan 12 2023 // The UK needs “a step change” in its approach to slashing carbon emissions if it is to eliminate greenhouse gases by 2050, according to a review commissioned by the government. The country is not doing enough to...
Environmental Risks, Climate Change Ranked as Top Risks Facing Planet: WEF Survey
Jan 11 2023 // Failure to tackle climate change and environmental degradation dominate the ranking of top risks facing the planet in the next decade, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risk specialists found. Moreover,...
Climate Change Could Cost Pension Funds Billions of Euros: EU Watchdog
Dec 14 2022 // Pension funds across the European Union would lose billions of euros from their investments in polluting industries without action to mitigate the impact of climate change, the bloc’s first stress test of its kind...
NAIC Has ‘Deep Concerns’ About FIO Bid to Collect Climate Change Data From Insurers
Dec 5 2022 // In a letter to the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners expressed its “deep concern” over a proposal to collect data on climate-related risks from...
NAIC Adds ‘Deep Concerns’ to FIO Bid to Collect Climate Change Data From Insurers
Nov 23 2022 // In a letter to the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners expressed its “deep concern” over a proposal to collect data on climate-related risks from...
Counting the Rising Cost of Climate Change With Top Most Costly Natural Disasters
Nov 16 2022 // Climate change has raised the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires, insurers and risk modeling experts say. The list of the 10 most...
How Climate Change Will Affect Countries Around the World
Nov 9 2022 // While delegates at the COP27 climate conference discuss the shared problem of climate change, each country will face its own challenges and threats. In February, the U.N. climate science agency released a major report on...
