Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Va. Supreme Court: Insurer Not Liable For Claims From Global Warming
Sep 19 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...
More Americans Believe World is Warming: Reuters Poll
Sep 19 2011 // More Americans than last year believe the world is warming and the change is likely influenced by the Republican presidential debates, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said Thursday. The percentage of Americans who believe the Earth...
U.S. Taking a Beating from Disasters
Sep 19 2011 // Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns. Massive rivers overflowing. A billion-dollar blizzard. And now,...
UN Climate Head Says Durban Talks Can Deliver Results
Sep 1 2011 // A record rise in global greenhouse emissions and ever tighter economic constraints make it crucial for United Nations climate talks in South Africa in November to overcome years of deadlock and deliver a solution, the...
Caribbean Countries form Partnership to Develop Climate Change Strategies
Aug 24 2011 // The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have strengthened their partnership to be able to better assist Caribbean countries to develop climate...
Lloyd’s: Drought Caused Subsidence Costliest Natural Hazard in Parts of Europe
Aug 9 2011 // An article on the Lloyd’s web site notes that “news reports on climate change have focused on dire predictions of more hurricanes and increasing flooding due to rising sea levels. But subsidence caused by...
NZ Minister Says Deal in Global Climate Talks ‘Still within Reach’
Jul 27 2011 // A global deal on a pact to succeed the U.N.’s main climate agreement is still within reach but will not be struck this year, with the pace of talks still far too slow, New Zealand’s top climate negotiator said...
UK Minister Compares Inaction on Climate Change to Hitler Appeasement
Jul 22 2011 // World leaders who oppose a global agreement to tackle climate change are making a similar mistake to the one made by politicians who tried to appease Adolf Hitler before World War Two, a British government minister said on...
West, Russia Divided on U.N. Security Council Climate Role
Jul 20 2011 // Western nations clashed with Russia and developing countries Wednesday over whether climate change was a security matter meriting the attention of the Security Council, the most powerful U.N. body. Diplomats said Russia...
Swiss Re Warns Europe of Increasing ‘Soil Subsidence’ from Climate Change
Jul 5 2011 // According to a new study from Swiss Re, “Europe is witnessing a dramatic increase in property damage as a result of soil subsidence.” A new loss model developed by Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of...
Storm Scientists Assess Year’s Series of Deadly Tornadoes
May 31 2011 // Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that’s led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks. Super Outbreak 2011, on April 25-28, killed...
Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
May 2 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says. Previous studies have looked at where rising waters might go by the end of this century, assuming various levels of...
Rising Sea Levels Trigger Disasters in China Says Xinhua News Agency
Apr 20 2011 // Gradually rising sea levels caused by global warming over the past 30 years have contributed to a growing number of disasters along China’s coast, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday. Sea levels along...
UPDATE: U.N. Climate Change Agenda Agreed, Roadmap Set for 2011
Apr 8 2011 // Rich and poor nations overcame deep divisions on Friday to cut a deal that maps out U.N. climate negotiations for 2011, building on last December’s agreement in Mexico and hardening the focus on tougher issues. The...
Ghost of Cancun Haunts Bangkok Climate Talks
Apr 8 2011 // The deep divisions apparently bridged by last December’s climate deal in Cancun opened anew this week at U.N. talks in Bangkok, undermining the chance of any agreement on the shape of a broader pact by year’s...
Mexico Climate Change Deal to be Debated in Bangkok
Apr 1 2011 // The following is a synopsis of the subjects for a debate on climate change and the proposals made at the Cancun summit last December. LONG-TERM ACTION ON EMISSIONS The accord “recognizes that deep cuts in global...
Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
Mar 7 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where...
UN’s FAO Notes Climate Change, Biofuels Threaten Food Security
Mar 7 2011 // Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could boost global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said. High and...
Rising Seas Could Threaten Cities by 2100
Mar 7 2011 // Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where...
Climate Change to Drive up Food Prices
Mar 2 2011 // Global food prices are likely to keep rising as production struggles to match demand and extreme weather events become more frequent, a climate-change advisor to the Australian government said on Wednesday. Ross Garnaut...
