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Global Insurance Industry Calls for Reducing Carbon Emissions

Paying out billions of dollars here and billions of dollars there has made the global insurance industry a believer in climate change, according to a new study that shows insurance companies are staunch advocates for reducing carbon emissions and minimizing … Continue reading

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Climate Change Catastrophes Zooming in North America – Report

“Climate­-driven changes are already evident over the last few decades for severe thunderstorms, for heavy precipitation and flash flood­ing, for hurricane activity, and for heatwave, drought and wild­-fire dynamics in parts of North America.”   So concludes Munich Re, a top … Continue reading

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Arctic Drilling Could Be Disastrous Economically, Environmentally – Lloyds of London

Lloyd’s of London, the world’s biggest insurance market, has become the first major business organisation to warn about huge potential environmental damage from oil drilling in the Arctic in a new report, reports Julia Kollewe and Terry MacAlister at the … Continue reading

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