Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers, Republicans Part Ways Over Global Warming
Jul 19 2013 // The U.S. insurance industry told Senators that a surge in weather-related catastrophes has forced billions of dollars in payouts, offering an assessment at odds with Republicans who have expressed doubt about global...
Minnesota Participating in Insurance Climate Change Survey
Jul 18 2013 // Minnesota has joined California, New York, Connecticut and Washington state in requiring insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Conn.-Based Insurers Now Required to Participate in NAIC Climate Risk Surveys
Jul 17 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi today announced that Connecticut-based insurance companies will now be required to complete the annual Climate Risk Survey that was initially adopted in 2009 as a...
Report Says Seas May Rise over 7+ feet Per Degree Celsius of Global Warming
Jul 16 2013 // Sea levels could rise by 2.3 meters [app. 7.66 feet] for each degree Celsius [1.8°F] that global temperatures increase and they will remain high for centuries to come, according to a new study by the leading climate...
In Past Decade, World Experienced Unprecedented Climate Extremes: WMO
Jul 3 2013 // The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations report said on...
‘Unusually Active’ El Nino Possibly Linked to Climate Change: Researchers
Jul 3 2013 // The El Nino weather pattern that can bring drought to Australia and rain to South America was “unusually active” at the end of the 20th century, possibly due to climate change, a University of Hawaii study...
Small Global Warming Rise Would Have ‘Alarming’ Impact Says World Bank
Jun 20 2013 // Much of Bangkok could flood within the next two decades if global warming stays on its current trajectory, as sea levels rise and cyclones intensify, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The flooding of 40...
Montreal Protocol Shows the Way for Action on Climate Change
Jun 12 2013 // A new deal to curb carbon emissions could copy features from the Montreal Protocol, which the United States and China favored over its Kyoto counterpart in an agreement on greenhouse gases at the weekend. The 1987 Montreal...
Insurers and Climate Change: The Truth is More Complicated than the Sound Bytes
May 24 2013 // As an insurance guy who has been on both sides of the climate change debate (I’ve worked for organizations full of climate change skeptics and now head one that believes it’s an important public policy issue)...
Will Supreme Court Enter Climate Change Debate?
May 16 2013 // With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Chamber of...
AIR Worldwide Announces New Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics Service
Apr 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has announced the availability of “Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics,” which it described as a “new service for corporations and emergency management agencies...
IEA Concludes Clean Energy Progress ‘Too Slow’ to Limit Global Warming
Apr 17 2013 // The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. With power generation still dominated by coal and governments failing to...
Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown
Apr 16 2013 // Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models...
UN Report Finds World Climate Change Goal at Risk as Emissions Surge
Apr 15 2013 // A global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising emissions by 2030, a...
Court to Review Mississippi Coastal Landowners’ Climate Change Suit
Apr 9 2013 // A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies on allegations that linked greenhouse gas emissions to...
Could Global Warming Change Tornado Season?
Mar 25 2013 // With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But tornadoes have them stumped. As the traditional tornado season nears, scientists have been...
How Insurers View the Impact of Climate Change
Mar 25 2013 // Besides revealing attitudes about climate change, the Ceres report highlights how insurers view the impacts of climate change affecting the industry. Some insurers believe climate change could potentially affect the...
Insurer Readiness on Long-Term Effects of Climate Change Called Into Question: Report
Mar 25 2013 // Insurers rank well in readiness for handling the short-term challenges of extreme weather events, but fall short in preparedness for the long-term effects of climate change, a new report says. A report that surveyed...
Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change
Mar 7 2013 // A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today’s extreme weather...
Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal
Mar 7 2013 // Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday insisted Washington state is poised to lead the fight against climate change and urged lawmakers to help him move quickly on the issue. The governor advocated for his inaugural climate change...
