Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Evidence for Climate Extremes, Costs, Gets More Local
Jul 27 2012 // Scientists are finding evidence that man-made climate change has raised the risks of individual weather events, such as floods or heat waves, marking a big step towards pinpointing local costs and ways to adapt to freak...
Of Hurricanes, Insurance, Mitigation and Carbon Taxes
Jul 25 2012 // I’m in New Orleans at a conference on Preparing the Gulf Coast for Extreme Weather. Its lead sponsor is a reinsurer, the Institute for Building and Home Safety is here, and there are lots of insurance people around....
Chancellor Merkel Warns of Increased Global Warming if no Climate Deal
Jul 17 2012 // German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that global warming will accelerate at a dramatic rate unless leaders reach a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. After marathon talks in Durban...
Guy Carpenter Report Focuses on Asia-Pacific 2011 ‘Climate Issues’
Jul 9 2012 // The Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre (GCACIC), a joint initiative of Guy Carpenter and City University of Hong Kong, has released its third annual report, which presents the findings of the 27 research...
Lloyd’s Details ‘Growing Impact of Climate Change’ as UN Meets
Jun 25 2012 // Lloyd’s has published a roundup of the environmental issues inherent in as the world grows warmer. The recently concluded Rio +20 Conference was an attempt – 20 years after the first conference – “to try to...
Climate Change Coverage Opinion Affirmed, Again
Jun 18 2012 // The Final Round in Steadfast, But the Opening of a Broader Debate? It is hard to say whether one should be surprised that the Virginia Supreme Court recently reaffirmed in Steadfast Insurance Company v. The AES Corporation...
Climate Change Will Alter Risks of Wildfire Worldwide: Study
Jun 12 2012 // Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, according to climate scientists...
Insurance Think Tank Splits from Heartland, Reorganizes as R Street Institute
May 30 2012 // The insurance team at the conservative Washington, D.C. think tank Heartland Institute has split from that organization and has formed a new research and policy organization known as R Street Institute. The divorce came...
New Antarctic Ice Shelf Threatened by Global Warming
May 10 2012 // Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will accelerate rising sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea on the eastern...
EU Countries ‘Dithering’ over Climate Change Fund
May 7 2012 // EU nations are dithering over how to fill a multi-billion-euro fund to help tackle climate change, just as the region’s executive body hosts talks with countries likely to bear the brunt of extreme weather. The...
Calif. Senate Panel Oks Coastal Conservancy Climate Change Plan
Apr 10 2012 // A plan to help ensure the California Coastal Conservancy can work on addressing climate change was approved by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. Senate Bill 1066, authored by state Sen. Ted W. Lieu,...
Oregon Judge Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit
Apr 9 2012 // A Lane County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Eugene, Ore. girls and their mothers that accused Gov. John Kitzhaber of failing to protect the state’s resources against climate change. Judge...
Climate Contrarian Case Wilts as More Studies Confirm Warming Trends
Apr 5 2012 // A clutch of recent studies reinforces evidence that people are causing climate change and suggests debate should now move on to a more precise understanding of its impact on humans. The reports, published in various...
Regulators and the Business of Climate Change-Related Risk
Apr 2 2012 // For more than three years, a handful of insurance regulators and global warming activists have been trying to prod the insurance industry into taking unspecified action to address the “risks” associated with...
Plan Now for Climate-related Disasters Warns U.N. Report
Mar 29 2012 // A future on Earth of more extreme weather and rising seas will require better planning for natural disasters to save lives and limit deepening economic losses, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a major report on the...
Global Warming Litigation Ruling in Favor of Insurers Vacated
Mar 19 2012 // What Does This Mean? As if times weren’t uncertain enough, the Virginia Supreme Court issued a ruling on Jan. 17, 2012, vacating its Sept. 16, 2011, opinion in Steadfast Insurance Co. v. The AES Corp. and granting a...
Millions in U.S. at Risk from Rising Sea Levels: Report
Mar 15 2012 // Sea level rise due to global warming has doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States, according to a report from the non-profit research group Climate...
Allianz Teams with Experts to Assess Climate Change Impact on Insurers
Mar 15 2012 // Europe’s largest insurer, Germany’s Allianz SE, posed the following question: “How does climate change affect the business model of a large insurance company?” In order to find the answers Allianz...
Virginia High Court to Rehear Global Warming Coverage Case
Feb 20 2012 // The Virginia Supreme Court has granted rehearing of a closely followed legal case involving climate change coverage, The AES Corp. vs. Steadfast Insurance Company. The court said on Jan. 17 that its previous decision on...
100-Year Storms May Happen Every 3 to 20 Years: MIT-Princeton Research
Feb 15 2012 // Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. The Category 3 storm whipped up water levels, generating storm surges that swept over...
