Category: Environment
Financial services tops list of climate change actions required
Building on the UN Climate Action Summit, the Global Commission on Adaptation has launched a Year of Action to accelerate and scale climate adaptation [...]
Join the conversation on plastic
The United Nations (UN) Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is carrying out a pioneering research study on the risks o [...]
Insurers launch new guide to address climate risks
As the UN met in New York to discuss climate change, 14 global insurers worth more than $3.5trn collectively have been outlining how they manage the r [...]
New alliance on climate change
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is encouraging insurers to become part of a new African Financial Alliance on Climate Change.
Speaking at the r [...]
Funding rolls in for agricultural and energy projects
Increasing numbers of investors are supporting agricultural and renewable energy projects across Africa – all of which need insurance coverage. Among [...]
Wildfires highlight need to put Africa on world map
Three times the numbers of fires are burning in Angola than in Brazil, yet the world’s media is focused on the South American country. The wildfires i [...]
Insurers could benefit – if only they would share
Insurers across Africa are being urged to share the science and information that would enable the wider markets to benefit and grow. Paul Griessel, CE [...]
New climate change insurance scheme launched for west Africa
Humanitarian agencies have launched innovative climate risk insurance policies to protect up to 1.3 million people in west Africa from catastrophic dr [...]
Insurance industry set to meet at Vic Falls for next PSI summit
The third UN Environment Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) market event is to be held at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria Falls in Zimb [...]
The rising tide of natural catastrophe losses
The rising occurrence and severity of natural catastrophe events can be linked back to global climate change.
Tobias Grimm, senior manager: climate [...]