Secondary perils, like floods, have become much more important on reinsurers and insurers’ balance sheet and need to be properly understood. Photo: SIP / Jean-Christophe Verhaegen Forest fires in Europe, floods in Pakistan, heavy droughts throughout the summer: “the impact of climate-related disasters has increased in our result and […] Click here to view original […]
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MASAKHANE, South Africa (AP) — Living in the shadow of one of South Africa’s largest coal-fired power stations, residents of Masakhane fear job losses if the facility is closed as the country moves to cleaner energy. A significant polluter because it relies on coal to generate about 80% of […] Click here to view original
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Climate Action , Climate Change , Climate Change Finance , Editors’ Choice , Featured Climate Change Climate change activists at COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Negotiators which struggled to complete reach agreement on the critical loss and damage fund demanded by developing nations most affected by climate change. Credit: […] Click here to view original
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Author: English Montecito. Image by Jak Wonderly. United States, 2022. It’s been nearly five years since a torrent of mud, boulders and debris slammed into Montecito, California, a Santa Barbara County town of 8,600 nestled between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It was the middle of […] Click here to view original
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J. David Ake, Associated Press In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. Climate change and pollution are making troublesome neurological disease symptoms worse, according to new research in Neurology , the journal of the […] Click here to view original
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Creating a new carbon sink from mangrove afforestation and reducing emissions from mangrove deforestation are two feasible ways for countries to meet their NDC targets and achieve carbon neutrality, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said. (file) India has demonstrated expertise in mangrove restoration for nearly five decades and can […] Click here to view original
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