Category: Environment
Climate adaptation urgently needed – and Africa must not be left out
Global leaders stressed the critical urgency of climate adaptation when they came together in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, at a meeting of the Friends [...]
Marine insurers bouncing back
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has reported positive market development from most insurance lines except P&I, and from most ge [...]
Swiss Re signs new deal to combat climate change
Swiss Re and Climeworks, a specialist in carbon dioxide air capture technology, are partnering to combat climate change.
They have signed the world [...]
Compliance experts warn against viewing climate change as a silo
The days of viewing climate change as a silo on the broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) landscape are over, with most compliance and ri [...]
Insurers react as UN gives clear warning on climate change
Insurers across the world have reacted to a stark warning from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which said climate change wa [...]
Clear warning for Africa on climate change issued by UN
A clear warning has been sounded by scientists across the world as the reality of climate change begins to bite – something that insurers will be watc [...]
Global insurance industry picks up the net-zero refrain
The insurance and reinsurance sectors will play a significant role in transitioning the global economy to its ambitious net-zero carbon emissions goal [...]
Insurance at heart of climate change mitigation for vulnerable countries
As climate change worsens extreme weather events across the globe, the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of ministers of finance – comprising 48 climate-v [...]
The hour of climate risk has come: And what it means for investors
The last few weeks have seen several record setting climate related events causing damage and suffering across the globe. From unprecedent and repeate [...]
COMESA develops a virtual knowledge management portal for climate change
COMESA, through its climate change programme, has developed a virtual knowledge management portal to encourage best practices across the continent.
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