Category: Environment
Cyclone Freddy set to threaten across southern Africa
Cyclone Freddy was born between the 3rd and 4th of February 2023 as a mere tropical disturbance characterised by non-frontal migratory behaviour.
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Marsh warns one in three globally set to be impacted by flooding
One out of three people globally will be threatened by flooding in a 1.5°C warming scenario, according to a new report from brokers Marsh McLennan.
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Burkino Faso, Mali and the Gambia set to receive US$15.4m in aid through ARC insurance
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to support 490,000 people in Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Mali who were impacted by drough [...]
Green vs coal, gas and oil: SA’s loadshedding woes prove that sustainable energy is not a zero-sum game
Climate change activists who insist that renewable solar and wind power can fulfil a country’s base load requirements should spend a few days conducti [...]
Insurers urged to address climate change and protection gap threats with innovative products
Climate change and the protection gap topped the agenda at the 16th Carthage Insurance & Reinsurance Rendezvous held recently in Tunisia.
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Investment in climate adaptation needed to avoid billions in climate damages across Africa
Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost emerging markets hundreds of billions in climate damages an [...]
‘The polluting north and the affected south’: Africa faces new top risk and renews its focus on climate in 2023, says Allianz
The Allianz Risk Barometer has been released for this year, with a surprising contender knocking cyber risk out of first place in terms of African ris [...]
Sometimes these climate activitists be like crazy!
If you follow the international newswires, then you could be excused for concluding that sections of the global climate activist community have lost t [...]
NZIA insurers to set science-based targets to meet net-zero ambitions
The insurance industry will be able to set science-based targets for their insurance and reinsurance portfolios with a net-zero transition pathway aft [...]
Africa catastrophe: 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods feature on the ‘$3bn or higher’ economic losses table
The adverse impact of extreme weather events on African economies are illustrated in two reputable sources for natural catastrophe data. In its Q3 Glo [...]