Australians Evacuate Their Homes as Soaring Temperatures, Winds Fan Bushfires January 10, 2020 By Colin Packham and Swati Pandey Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as...
Insurance Industry Calls for Action to Mitigate Climate Risk as Australia Bushfires Widen January 8, 2020 By Emily Cadman As the devastation from Australia’s bushfires widens, the insurance industry is calling for concerted action to mitigate the impact of...
European Investors Urge Big-Four Auditors to Take Action on Climate Risks December 2, 2019 By Matthew Green and Simon Jessop European investors managing assets worth more than 1 trillion pounds ($1.28 trillion) are pressing top auditors to take urgent action...
France to Require Insurers, Banks to Run Climate Change Stress Tests in 2020 December 2, 2019 France’s financial regulator will subject banks and insurers to climate change stress tests next year, central bank governor Francois Villeroy...
Coastal Damages from Climate Change Could Cost U.K. Economy Billions by 2050: WWF November 27, 2019 By Jill Ward The U.K. economy could face hits of more than 12 billion pounds ($15.4 billion) a year by 2050 from coastal...
EU Weighs Stress Tests to Improve Financial Firms’ Buffers Against Climate Risks November 7, 2019 The European Commission is considering stress tests and measures to force financial firms to raise their buffers against climate-change risks,...
Companies in Polluting Industries Slow to Disclose Climate Change Risks: Moody’s October 22, 2019 By Nichola Groom U.S. and European companies in polluting industries rarely disclose the financial risks they face related to climate change even though...
AXIS Capital Sets Clean Energy Policy Designed to Reduce Climate Risks October 17, 2019 AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. won’t insure, invest in or provide insurance or reinsurance for new coal plants or oil pipelines...
Many Major Central Banks, Minus U.S. Fed, Taking Action on Climate Change Risks September 24, 2019 By Jill Ward Bank of England Governor Mark Carney was in no mood for laughter as he stood in his tuxedo before the...
Zurich Commits to UN Climate Change Targets, to Using only Renewable Energy by 2022 July 1, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its...