Category: Environment
Insurance essential in climate resilience building, insurers hear at COP26
Insurance has a vital role to play as the government leaders look to make dramatic changes to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
The UN ass [...]
German government pledges €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance
The German government has promised €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance for qualifying African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group member state [...]
Africa Green Finance Coalition launched at COP26
FSD Africa has welcomed the Africa Green Finance Coalition, launched at the COP26 World Leaders Summit with the aim of closing the continent’s green f [...]
Pooling our risks: time to get our feet wet?
The ever-growing, ever-present threat of climate-related disasters seems to be approaching rapidly with no caution, faster than ever before. Once disa [...]
North African climate risk high on the agenda at Sharm el-Sheikh Rendezvous
At the first physical gathering of north Africa and the Middle East’s insurance industry since the start of the pandemic, insurers and regulators warn [...]
Flood risk rising across Africa – insurers need to measure up
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, with global leaders descending on Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss climate-related matters at COP26, the 202 [...]
Climate change and net-zero emissions in the spotlight at COP26
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) got off to a rocky start following mixed messages from preliminary discussions at the G20 Summit [...]
Underwriting facility set to energise geothermal development in Kenya and Ethiopia
FSD Africa, in partnership with Parhelion, a UK-based specialist energy and climate risk finance advisory company, is planning to launch a first-of-it [...]
Fake oil spills send sustainability warning to global insurance heavyweights
On 29 October 2021, protesters taking part in the global Defund Climate Chaos protests spilled 1,000 litres of fake oil on the doorsteps of two insura [...]
Dire warning for Africa in new climate report
The release of the State of the Climate in Africa 2020 report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is yet another dire warning in the run-up [...]