Swiss Re Signs $10M Carbon Removal Purchase Agreement to Fight Climate Change August 26, 2021 Swiss Re and carbon removal specialist Climeworks are partnering to combat climate change — by signing the world’s first long-term...
Insurers Need to Accelerate Exit From Oil & Gas Industry to Meet Climate Goals: Report August 26, 2021 By Tim Quinson For the insurance industry to fulfill its stated commitment to combat climate change, it may want to accelerate its efforts...
China’s Cities Aren’t Prepared for Extreme Weather Caused by Climate Change August 25, 2021 By Bloomberg News Climate change is making China’s annual summer floods worse, and cities housing millions of people aren’t prepared to handle the...
New Wildfires Break Out on Greece’s Evia Island August 24, 2021 By Elena Becatoros ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s fire department scrambled firefighting aircraft and ground forces as at least two new blazes broke...
Climate Change Exacerbated Germany’s Deadly Floods: Report August 24, 2021 By Laura Millan The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
Insured Losses from European Floods Estimated at $6 Billion-$7.7 Billion: RMS August 23, 2021 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe modeling company, estimates that insured losses from the Western and Central Europe flooding, which occurred...
Climate Activists Plan 2 Weeks of Protest in City of London August 20, 2021 By Michael Holden Environmental activists who caused days of traffic chaos in London two years ago said on Wednesday [Aug. 18] they would...
Groundbreaking Climate Court Victories Face Problems with Enforcement August 18, 2021 By Diederik Baazil Marjan Minnesma cheered along with her fellow climate activists in May when a judge ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc to...
Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...