Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Wants to Keep Insurers Secret from Project Protestors March 11, 2021 By Robert Tuttle Trans Mountain Pipeline LP is petitioning to keep the insurers of its controversial Canadian oil sands pipeline confidential as environmental...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising March 5, 2021 PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging...
Climate Change Activists ‘Welcome’ AIG CEO Zaffino; EU Urges More Insurance March 4, 2021 By Don Jergler Climate change is weakening the ocean currents that shape weather on both sides of the Atlantic. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning...
UK Insurer Aviva Plans to Become Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040 March 1, 2021 British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this...
Kenya Seeks More Crop Insurance to Cover Small Farms from Climate Change Risks February 25, 2021 By Eric Ombok Kenya’s agriculture ministry has opened bids for crop insurance providers to cover more smallholder farmers from the risks and shocks...
UK Prime Minister Warns Climate Change Is Threat to World Security February 25, 2021 By Edith M. Lederer British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned world leaders Tuesday that climate change is a threat to security of all nations...
AXA, Other Mega-Investors Seek to Avoid Portfolios with Global Warming Potential February 24, 2021 By Alastair Marsh All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA...
Lloyd’s Insurer Brit to Stop Insuring Australia’s Adani Coal Mine February 23, 2021 Major Lloyd’s of London insurer Brit will not insure Adani Enterprises’ Carmichael thermal coal mine, it said on Tuesday, adding...
U.S. Financial Services Leaders Support Principles for Low-Carbon Transition February 18, 2021 By Don Jergler U.S. financial services leaders have stated their support in principle for a U.S. transition to a low-carbon economy. The support...
Construction of Controversial UK Coal Mine Now Under Review After Climate Backlash February 10, 2021 By Jessica Shankleman Construction of a coal mine that threatened UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim to be a world leader in the...