Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, a leading reinsurer said, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the U.S.
Munich Re also warned that climate change could mean a growing number of weather-related catastrophes in comingย years.
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
After MEPs voted to gut Europeโs flagship climate transparency law, concerns are mounting that the Big Four will dominate and dilute corporate sustainability audits.
Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 โ the global climate summit.
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
