Germany’s Forests Damaged by Droughts and Wildfires, Stoking Climate Debate August 12, 2019 By Frank Jordans Germany’s forests – long a source of pride and national identity – are feeling the heat. A second consecutive year...
CBA Joins Other Australian Companies with Aims to Cut Coal Exposure August 8, 2019 Commonwealth Bank of Australia became the latest company to join a global push to reduce emissions and said it would...
Europe’s Heatwave Was Even Hotter With Impact of Climate Change: Research August 6, 2019 By Eric Roston Heat scorched Western Europe this July in what will likely be confirmed as the hottest month in recorded history, according...
Artificial Intelligence Helps to Contain Wildfires, Predict Wild Weather August 5, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these...
UK Regulator Asks Insurers to Weigh Possible Business Impact of Climate Change August 2, 2019 By Mathew Carr and Lisa Pham The Bank of England for the first time is asking British insurers to gauge how global warming might impact the...
Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience August 1, 2019 By Don Jergler Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five...
UK Recorded Highest-Ever Temperature in Last Week’s Heatwave July 30, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The U.K. was never hotter. Last week temperatures reached 101.6 degrees Fahrenheit (38.7 Celsius) at the Cambridge Botanic Garden on...
Climate Change Blamed for Europe’s Latest Heatwave July 26, 2019 By William Wilkes and Megan Durisin Europe’s latest summer heatwave broke heat records just weeks after the continent had its hottest ever June, fueling concern that...
Rhine River Shipping Faces Another Historic Shutdown as Drought Hits Water Levels July 24, 2019 By William Wilkes, Bill Lehane and Vanessa Dezem The bustling boat traffic on Europe’s Rhine river ground to a halt for the first time in living memory last...
Europe Faces Heatwave with London and Paris Expected to Break July Records July 23, 2019 By William Wilkes Europe is facing a second heatwave this summer, just weeks after the hottest June on record, intensifying concern over climate...