Category: Environment
Insurers among investors calling on governments to set ambitious climate change funding targets
Investor groups from around the world are publicly advocating for governments to enact ambitious policies that would leverage the private capital requ [...]
Geneva Association launches third and final report on climate change risk assessment
Since the 2021 publication of the first two reports by the Geneva Association taskforce on climate change risk assessment, the context in which re/ins [...]
PODCAST: What relevance does climate change have to Africans?
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Extreme flooding causing insurers concern across the continent
In another sign that insurers cannot afford to ignore climate change and its impact on the continent, the African Centre of Meteorological Application [...]
Carbon credit insurance solution launched
Broker Howden has developed a carbon credit invalidation insurance solution to increase confidence in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
The produc [...]
More than 60 insurance entities from 23 countries sign Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
Signatories to the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance now amount to more than 60 insurance entities from 23 countries across the continent.
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Mauritania and Sudan suffering ongoing heavy rain, destroying houses and crops
Heavy rainfall from late July caused severe flooding across several regions of Mauritania, and now figures reported by FloodList suggest more than 3,0 [...]
Insurers have an opportunity for a voice at COP27 – but must seize the moment
Developers of the COP27 summit agenda in Egypt later this year have given the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance room on the platform, givin [...]
Climate change top of mind as re/insurers field flood, storm claims
Climate change remains top of mind among global insurers and reinsurers midway through 2022 as they tally up the insured losses from a stream of flood [...]
Africa needs to carve its own path on energy, suggests former Nigeria president
In the middle of a global oil-and-gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny, and use its rich-resource assets for the benefit of i [...]