Australian Pension Fund Agrees to Settle Landmark Climate Risk Litigation November 2, 2020 By Swati Pandey SYDNEY — One of Australia’s largest pension funds on Monday agreed to settle a landmark climate risk litigation filed by...
More Firms Need to Disclose Potential Financial Hit from Climate Change: Regulator October 29, 2020 By Huw Jones Too few companies specify their prospective financial hit from climate change under a voluntary global disclosure code that needs wider...
Is Climate Change Making Drought One of the Nation’s Costliest Disasters? October 22, 2020 By Don Jergler Drought has become one of the costliest disasters in the U.S., causing 94 deaths and an inflation-adjusted $6.2 billion in...
Bank of England to Require Company Disclosures on Climate Risks October 19, 2020 By Huw Jones Current rules on company disclosures to help markets price in risks from climate change will become mandatory, a senior Bank...
Climate Change Will Increase Weather Disasters and Need for Humanitarian Aid: U.N. October 14, 2020 GENEVA – In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes,...
$5 Trillion Investor Group Aims to Align Portfolios with Paris Climate Agreement October 13, 2020 By Simon Jessop Thirty of the world’s largest investors managing a combined $5 trillion said on Tuesday they plan to set targets to...
Washington Commissioner’s Climate Summit Highlighted Area, Global Vulnerabilities October 8, 2020 By Don Jergler “The insurance buying public wants to know that insurance is going to be available and affordable to them when they...
EU Climate Service Says September Was World’s Warmest on Record October 7, 2020 By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East,...
New York, California Could be Fastest Growing States for Renewables September 24, 2020 By Don Jergler U.S. environmental policies will drive long-term demand for renewable energy, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report. The report...
Actuaries Index: Extreme Climate Conditions Hit New High in Winter 2019-20 August 27, 2020 By Don Jergler A multiyear trend of increasing climate condition measurements from the U.S. and Canada hit a new high in winter 2019-2020,...