Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case
Feb 3 2012 // The Virginia Supreme Court has recently granted rehearing of a closely followed legal case involving global warming, The AES Corp. vs. Steadfast Insurance Company. The court says its previous decision on the case has been...
California’s Jones Announces Multi-State Effort on Climate Risk Disclosure
Feb 1 2012 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday announced that the California Department of Insurance has joined with Washington and New York to require insurers to disclose the effects of climate change on their...
Climate Change Lawsuit in Court in Oregon
Jan 25 2012 // A Lane County Circuit Court judge is deciding whether to allow a lawsuit brought by two girls against Gov. John Kitzhaber, accusing him of failing to protect the state’s resources against climate change. Judge...
Investors: Private Sector Must Tackle Climate Change
Jan 12 2012 // Institutional investors with a collective $26 trillion under management opened a new front Thursday in the fight against climate change, urging the private sector to mobilize, follow the money and find new technologies to...
Munich Re Describes Climate Conference Results as ‘Disappointing’
Dec 14 2011 // From Munich Re’s perspective, the recently concluded climate summit in Durban “yielded disappointing results that fail to reflect the world climate’s dramatic situation.” Prof. Peter Höppe, head of...
Canada Pulls Out of Kyoto Climate Change Protocol; First Country To Do So
Dec 13 2011 // On Monday Canada became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty. Environment Minister Peter Kent broke the...
New U.N. Climate Deal Struck; Critics Say Gains Modest
Dec 12 2011 // Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming. A...
Scientists Say Kenai Area Getting Drier, Warmer
Dec 5 2011 // Climate change is taking place on the Kenai Peninsula, slowly but surely. Over the last 100 years, climate change has been affecting the Peninsula, according to a presentation in November from Dr. John Morton, supervisory...
Insurers Win First Round of Climate Change Coverage Litigation
Nov 29 2011 // In light of the economic turmoil currently engulfing the United States and Europe, the Republican sweep in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, the various protests going on around the country and the upcoming...
Scientists Say Kenai Area Getting Drier, Warmer
Nov 29 2011 // Climate change is taking place on the Kenai Peninsula, slowly but surely. Over the last 100 years, climate change has been affecting the Peninsula, according to a presentation Thursday night from Dr. John Morton,...
Last Chance to Save Kyoto Deal at Durban Climate Talks
Nov 28 2011 // Countries will make a last ditch effort to save a dying Kyoto Protocol at global climate talks starting on Monday aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions blamed by scientists for rising sea levels, intense storms and...
Insurers Win First Round of Climate Change Coverage Litigation
Nov 21 2011 // But How Significant Is the Victory? In light of the economic turmoil currently engulfing the United States and Europe, the Republican sweep in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, the various protests going on around...
IPCC Report Concludes Extreme Weather to Worsen with Climate Change
Nov 18 2011 // An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth’s climate warms, U.N....
Reuters Analyst Warns World Must Keep Focus on Climate Risk
Nov 17 2011 // Gerard Wynn, a Reuters market analyst, has expressed his own views on the necessity of continuing to deal with the challenges presented by extreme weather and its global impact. Rising temperatures are driving more...
EU Finance Ministers Reaffirm Climate Funding for Developing Countries
Nov 9 2011 // EU finance ministers on Tuesday signed off on more than €4 billion ($5.5 billion) in short-term funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change and curb emissions — even as they met to grapple with...
Survey Finds Africa, Asia Cities Most at Risk from Global Climate Change
Oct 26 2011 // Countries and megacities in Africa and Asia are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change over the coming years, a global survey shows, underscoring the risks from floods, rising sea levels, droughts and...
Big Business, Investors Urge Tough Climate Action
Oct 21 2011 // U.N. climate talks in South Africa next month must make meaningful progress or governments “risk permanent damage to their credibility”, a group of global businesses warned on Thursday. At the Nov. 28-Dec. 9...
Virginia Court: Insurer Not Liable For Global Warming Claims
Oct 3 2011 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a closely watched legal case involving global warming. The high court ruled that Steadfast Insurance Co., which provided commercial general liability...
Panel Reports Climate Change to Cost Canada Many Billions
Sep 29 2011 // Climate change will cause damage in Canada equivalent to around 1 percent of GDP in 2050 as rising temperatures kill off forests, flood low-lying areas and cause more illnesses, an official panel said Thursday. The...
Island Nations at UN Warn of Climate Disaster
Sep 26 2011 // The Palestinians want the United Nations to recognize a state. And the island nation of Tuvalu wants the United Nations to act – now – to keep their state above water. The high drama surrounding the historic...
