Category: Environment
Insurance industry led by Prince Charles on sustainability agenda
The UK’s Prince of Wales has launched a Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force during a visit to Lloyd’s.
The SMI Insurance Task [...]
Agritech crucial to support Africa’s farmers as new warning comes on climate change impact
Africa’s agricultural sector is set for exponential growth in the coming decade, research commissioned by Microsoft and compiled by Africa Practice re [...]
Insurers upping their game ahead of COP26
As the world heads toward the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November (COP26), the world’s insurers are stepping up their actions a [...]
Work underway to help insurance companies achieve net zero
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership is leading work on a new report, Insurance systems for the climate decade, that wi [...]
African Climate Foundation to launch strategic framework
Climate change interventions have immense potential to unlock new development pathways on the African continent. To realise this potential, the Africa [...]
Compelling business case for action on climate change
Beyond its environmental components, addressing climate change is about economic competitiveness and opportunity.
If we do not adapt our economy to [...]
New agricultural insurance programme launched for Madagascar’s farmers
Madagascar's farmers stand to build stronger climate resilience, increase productivity and more easily access financial services, thanks to a new agri [...]
Broker launches climate framework to support transition to a low-carbon economy
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has launched Climate Transition Pathways (CTP), an accreditation framework that it said will provide insurance companies an [...]
African Risk Capacity launches first annual report as it expands its horizons in 2021
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has launched its first annual report, outlining its work for the past six years across Africa and outlining its plans to e [...]
AfDB president warns Africa is ‘ground zero’ of the crisis as major economies boost climate targets
Africa is losing $7bn to $15bn a year to climate change, and this will rise to $50bn per year by 2040, world leaders were warned by African Developmen [...]