Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Cities in Front Line of Adapting to Extreme Weather, Rising Sea Levels
Feb 27 2013 // The signs of rising water are everywhere in this seaport city: yellow “Streets May Flood” notices are common at highway underpasses, in low-lying neighborhoods and along the sprawling waterfront. Built at sea...
U.S. Government Adds Climate Change, Weather Data Gaps to ‘High Risk’ List
Feb 14 2013 // Climate change and gaps in weather satellite data have been officially added to the list of high risks facing the federal government, a list that already includes the federal flood insurance program, Medicare and the Post...
The Climate Change Conundrum
Jan 28 2013 // For many people, the jury is still out on whether climate change is a man-made phenomenon, or even if it exists at all, and if so, that it is responsible for the spate of devastating weather and wildfires the world has...
Davos Strives to Make Climate Talk More than Hot Air
Jan 25 2013 // Climate change is back on the global agenda, with debate in the corridors at Davos given fresh impetus by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon both highlighting it as top priority this...
In Inaugural Address, Obama Vows to Tackle Climate Change
Jan 22 2013 // President Barack Obama said on Monday he will confront climate change in his second term in office, an unexpected vow that puts the politically charged issue among his domestic priorities alongside gun control and...
Swiss Re Examines Impact of Sustainable Energy Sources on Climate Change
Jan 22 2013 // Swiss Re said its latest report – Building a Sustainable Energy Future: Risks and Opportunities – “describes the impact of the changing global energy mix on climate change.” The study uses a combination...
Seattle Calculating, Preparing For Climate Change
Jan 15 2013 // Seattle officials predict that parts of Washington’s largest city will be under water as the shoreline creeps higher due to global climate change. City agencies are calculating the local effects of climate change and...
Governments Struggle with Financial Crisis as the Planet Warms up
Jan 11 2013 // The global economy has been through economic recessions before, and has eventually recovered from them. This time around, however, it must do so while coping with the ever increasing menace of climate change – that makes...
Researchers Find Cost of Combating Climate Change Surges as World Delays
Jan 3 2013 // An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published on Wednesday. Quick measures to...
Events that Topped World Insurance News in 2012
Dec 28 2012 // While 2012 wasn’t as tumultuous as 2011, it had its share of insurance shaking trends and events. Here in roughly chronological order are some of them: 1) The costs of the flooding in Thailand in 2011, wasn’t...
Report Finds Indiana Average In Crisis Readiness
Dec 21 2012 // Deadly disease outbreaks, vaccination shortages and massive tornadoes are all scary thoughts. The question is: Is Indiana prepared for them? Yes – but only to a point. The state scores a 5 out of 10 on a preparedness...
States Plan to Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Dec 12 2012 // A coalition of seven eastern states led by New York plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to issue new guidelines to curb methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that may be linked to climate...
Poor Nations to Seek UN Climate Change Compensation Payments in 2013
Dec 11 2012 // Developing nations will push next year for a radical U.N. mechanism to compensate them for the impact of climate change, such as droughts or rising sea levels, despite reluctance among wealthy states which would have to...
Extreme Weather is New Normal, U.N.’s Ban Tells Climate Change Talks
Dec 5 2012 // Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday as he sought to revive deadlocked global climate change talks. Ban’s intervention came as...
Climate is ‘Changing before our Eyes’ Says World Meteorological Organization
Nov 29 2012 // The fact that Arctic sea ice has melted this year to its lowest recorded level shows, along with other weather extremes, that “climate change is taking place before our eyes,” the World Meteorological...
Colombia to Offer Climate Change Insurance to Coffee Farmers
Nov 29 2012 // Colombia is launching insurance to protect coffee plantations hit by climate change, which has damaged output in the world’s top producer of high quality Arabica beans in recent years, officials said on...
UN Report: Melting Permafrost Seen as New Peril in Global Warming
Nov 28 2012 // Permafrost lands across Siberia and Alaska that contain vast stores of carbon are beginning to thaw, bringing with it the threat of a big increase in global warming by 2100, a U.N. report said on Tuesday. A thaw of the...
EU’s Debt Crisis Saps its Ability to Lead Climate Change Debate
Nov 26 2012 // The EU’s debt crisis has sapped its ability to lead the way in global climate talks, which began in Doha on Monday, and to build on a fragile victory it clinched a year ago. The European Union is one of the few...
Kreidler’s 4th Term in Washington: Healthcare, Climate Change, Excess Surpluses
Nov 19 2012 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler won nearly six in 10 votes in his re-election bid, giving him bragging rights as the U.S.’ longest currently serving insurance commissioner. Kreidler won 57.7 percent...
Extreme Weather Hits Poor, Middle Class in U.S. the Hardest
Nov 16 2012 // U.S. droughts, floods and heat waves likely fueled by climate change in the last two years hit the people who can afford it the least – the poor and middle class, a report published on Friday said. In affected areas...
