Canada Releases Draft Guidelines to Manage Financial Risks of Climate Change May 27, 2022 A Canadian financial regulator released draft guidelines on Thursday to mitigate the risks of climate change as the country’s financial...
Dutch Insurer NN Group Expects to Accelerate Exit From Coal Investments May 27, 2022 By Jessica DiNapoli DAVOS, Switzerland – NN Group NV expects to accelerate its deadline to exit coal investments, now set at 2030, due...
Study Finds Climate Change Could Hit U.S. Corn Belt Hard May 26, 2022 By Don Jergler Climate change could hit the U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, a study from Emory University finds. Without “major technological advances...
HSBC Banker Suspended After Playing Down Financial Risks of Climate Change May 23, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White UK pension schemes should not ignore climate change, a senior executive at The Pensions Regulator said on Monday, the first...
Volkswagen Targeted in Court Case That Seeks to Eliminate Polluting Cars by 2030 May 23, 2022 By Karin Matussek First it was oil giant Shell Plc, now it’s the turn of Europe’s biggest carmaker. In the wake of a...
Financial Risks of Climate Change Are Exaggerated: Senior HSBC Banker May 20, 2022 By Lawrence White, Sinead Cruise and Simon Jessop Central bank policymakers and other global authorities are exaggerating the financial risks of climate change, a senior HSBC banker in...
Canada Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ as Heavy Rain Hinders Planting May 19, 2022 By Jen Skerritt Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop...
Climate Change Boosted Cost of Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis by $4B: Study May 19, 2022 By Aaron Clark The effects of human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly $4 billion of the $10 billion in insured losses resulting...
Climate Change Is Hurting Insurance Industry: Report May 17, 2022 Climate change is hurting the insurance industry and only 8% of insurers are preparing adequately for its impact, consultants Capgemini...
Climate Change Exacerbated Deadly Floods in South Africa: Study May 16, 2022 By Antony Sguazzin and Khuleko Siwele South Africa’s deadliest floods in almost three decades was exacerbated by climate change and similarly heavy rainfall can be expected...