Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
COP27 Kicks Off With Deal to Discuss Compensating Poor Nations for Global Warming
Nov 7 2022 // Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss compensating poor nations for mounting damage linked to global warming, placing the controversial topic...
Viewpoint: Wildfires Should be California’s No. 1 Priority When it Comes to Climate Change
Nov 3 2022 // In an Executive Order dated September 25, California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed all agencies of state government to double down on their efforts to address climate change. The governor, state agencies and the Legislature...
Biden ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Climate Risk Measure Upheld by U.S. Appeals Court
Oct 24 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the “social cost of carbon” calculation used by President Joe Biden’s administration, which sharply boosts the price tag policy makers will put on the environmental...
Climate Change at Top of Insurers’ Concerns, Followed by War-Related Risks
Oct 24 2022 // Climate change remains at the top of insurance companies’ biggest concerns even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stokes geopolitical and energy-related fears within the industry. Global warming is considered as...
New Jersey Lawsuit Alleges Climate Change Deception by Oil and Gas Industry
Oct 20 2022 // New Jersey officials announced a lawsuit Tuesday against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization, alleging they had known for decades about the harmful impact of fossil fuels on climate change but...
Industry Trades Respond to FIO’s Proposal to Collect Climate Change Data
Oct 19 2022 // Shortly after Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) proposed to have P/C insurers submit homeowners insurance underwriting data to assess climate risk, the response from industry trade associations was, at best,...
Study Shows Climate Change Made Droughts More Likely in 2022
Oct 6 2022 // Climate change made droughts in the Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely this year, a new study by a team of U.S. and international scientists shows. The scientists, part of World Weather Attribution, a group that...
Analysis Shows Climate Change Increased Ian’s Rainfall Amounts by 10%
Oct 3 2022 // Human-induced climate change, long denied by some elected officials in the states pounded by Hurricane Ian, made the storm’s most extreme rainfall about 10% worse than it would have been without two centuries of...
How Methane Leaks Accelerate Global Warming
Sep 29 2022 // Methane leaks have emerged as a top threat to the global climate, with the latest incident involving two Russian gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea that are at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia invaded...
Scientist: Climate Change Plus 3rd Straight La Niña ‘Not a Good Thing’
Sep 22 2022 // Climate change combined with a third consecutive La Niña is “not a good thing,” a scientist is warning. Jonathan Overpeck, a climate scientist, professor and dean of the School for Environment and...
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Virginia
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional...
Montana’s Resilient Fishing Economy Tested by Climate Change
Sep 14 2022 // Montana’s fishing economy has proven resilient amid the impacts of drought, but a new study suggests that 35% of its cold water habitats could become unsuitable for trout by 2080, costing the state an estimated $192...
Climate Change Is Overwhelming U.S. Flood Maps, FEMA Head Says
Sep 13 2022 // Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell...
People Moves: BMS International Names Aon’s Gillett as CEO; Aon Taps WTW’s Bruce to Lead Climate Risk Consulting
Sep 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers BMS and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Names Aon’s Gillett CEO of BMS International BMS, the independent specialty...
California to Phase out Gas Vehicles to Fight Climate Change
Aug 26 2022 // California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with air regulators adopting the world’s most stringent rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles. The move by the California Air...
Sunoco Subsidiary Sues AIG’s National Union Over Climate Change Lawsuit Coverage
Aug 17 2022 // Sunoco subsidiary Aloha Petroleum has filed a federal lawsuit in Hawaii against AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, saying the insurer has breached its duty to defend Aloha against climate...
Environmental Officer Warns New Jersey Is Not Prepared for Climate Change Effects
Aug 17 2022 // New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas. Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn...
Solving Climate Change Starts with C-Suite Leadership
Aug 15 2022 // From a global pandemic to unprecedented racial, social and political turmoil, to sustainability and climate change, senior executives across industries have been forced to deal with a range of issues that have not...
Climate Change Made Deadly UK Heat Wave at Least 10 Times More Likely: Study
Aug 1 2022 // The UK’s heat wave earlier this month fueled so many blazes in London that the city’s fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II. More than 840 people may have died in England and...
Hidden Menace: Massive Methane Leaks Speed Up Climate Change
Jul 29 2022 // To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian...
