Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Validus Wins IPC; Industry ‘Think Tank’ Warns on Climate Change; Partner Re to Acquire PARIS RE
Jul 20 2009 // The contest to acquire IPC Holding appears to be over. Validus Holdings, the formerly unwelcome suitor, whose rival bid ended Max Capital’s effort to take over IPC, has emerged as the winner. Validus finally came up...
U.S. Unveils ‘Spy Images’ of Arctic Ice in Rare Move Linked to Climate Change
Jul 17 2009 // In an unusually speedy move, a U.S. government agency released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice just a few hours after the National Academy of Sciences recommended the action to help scientists study...
Geneva Association Issues Report on Insurance Industry & Climate Change
Jul 6 2009 // Insurance industry leaders underscored their concerns over the potential impacts of climate change last Thursday July, 2 with the introduction of a 138 page report from the Geneva Association*, the industry’s most...
Index Insurance Seen Helping Poor Farmers Cope with Global Warming
Jun 26 2009 // A new form of insurance that covers risks such as droughts or floods could help small farmers in developing countries cope with worsening impacts of global warming, a U.N. backed report said on Wednesday. Under...
Red Cross Report Confirms 2008 Rise in Weather-Related Disasters
Jun 17 2009 // A global trend towards increasing weather-related disasters was confirmed in 2008, the second deadliest year in the past decade for natural catastrophes, an annual Red Cross report said Tuesday. The number of people...
New Report Cites Climate Change as Cause for 315,000 Deaths a Year
May 29 2009 // Climate change kills about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, and the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a million by 2030, a report said on Friday. The study, commissioned by...
CCRIF Issues Briefing on Impact of Climate Change on Caribbean Economies
May 28 2009 // Against the background of the impending Atlantic Hurricane Season, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has released a briefing document outlining the role of risk management in the region’s...
France, Germany Urge More Flexible Climate Pact
May 26 2009 // France and Germany suggested on Monday that rich nations should collectively guarantee deep cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020 while giving flexibility to laggards such as the United States to catch up later. France said the...
Ocean Conference Seeks Ways to Stem Climate Change
May 13 2009 // Participants in a major conference in Indonesia this week have a rare opportunity to seek political commitment to utilizing the world’s oceans in the fight against climate change, a top official from the host country...
Possible Outcomes of Copenhagen Climate Change Talks
May 5 2009 // The most anticipated climate meeting in years will be held in the Danish capital in December. Out of those talks a broader climate pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol is expected to emerge. But the negotiations leading up...
Being Prepared
May 4 2009 // Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and a...
Being Prepared
May 4 2009 // Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and a...
Being Prepared
May 4 2009 // Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and a...
Being Prepared
May 4 2009 // Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and a...
Lloyd’s Report Links Climate Change to National Security Threats
Apr 29 2009 // While the economic crisis and the growing swine flu menace have become the biggest immediate concerns for countries around the world, climate change remains the greatest long term threat. Its impact will continue to be...
How Climate Change Affects GDP
Apr 27 2009 // Southeast Asia faces one of the world’s highest climate change bills, the Asian Development Bank said on Monday, unless the region adapts to climate change and joins the rest of the world in cutting greenhouse gas...
Report Says Forests Could Become Source of Global Warming
Apr 17 2009 // The world’s forests are at risk of becoming a source of planet-warming emissions instead of soaking them up like a sponge unless greenhouse gases are controlled, scientists said. Deforestation emits 20 percent of the...
Global Warming to Blame for 37% of Droughts Says Australian Scientist
Mar 26 2009 // Global warming is more than a third to blame for a major drop in rainfall that includes a decade-long drought in Australia and a lengthy dry spell in the United States, a scientist said on Wednesday. Peter Baines of...
El Nino Study Challenges Global Warming Intensity Link
Mar 24 2009 // Research showing an El Nino event in 1918 was far stronger than previously thought is challenging the notion that climate change is making El Nino episodes more intense, a U.S. scientist said on Tuesday. El Nino causes...
Minnesota Foundation Donates $1 Billion to Fight Climate Change
Mar 20 2009 // Minnesota’s largest private foundation is contributing $100 million toward a $1 billion initiative by several large foundations to fight climate change. McKnight Foundation President Kate Wolford says the coordinated...
