2008 Third Worst Year for Weather-related Insurance Claims

authordefault
on

โ€œClimate change has already started and is very probably contributing to increasingly frequent weather extremes and ensuing naturalย catastrophes.โ€

Torsten Jeworrek, Board of Management, Munichย Re

Once again the worldโ€™s foremost risk analysts (the leading lights in the international reinsurance industry) have offered up their analysis confirming the gathering risks from global warming. The New York Times Business Page has the news here.

Related Posts

Analysis
on

Investor call transcripts show that gas companies see the data centre build-out as their next growth sector, even as the energy transition accelerates.

Investor call transcripts show that gas companies see the data centre build-out as their next growth sector, even as the energy transition accelerates.
on

Sign up for our July 8 virtual conversation on combatting fossil fuels and fascism, keeping up with climate denial, and solving polluted information ecosystems.

Sign up for our July 8 virtual conversation on combatting fossil fuels and fascism, keeping up with climate denial, and solving polluted information ecosystems.
on

More farmed salmon will not necessarily bring better food security, say researchers.

More farmed salmon will not necessarily bring better food security, say researchers.
on

Clare Carlile's reporting was recognized under the โ€˜News Item of the Yearโ€™ award for revealing how UK government staffing shortages would harm the environment during a historic drought.

Clare Carlile's reporting was recognized under the โ€˜News Item of the Yearโ€™ award for revealing how UK government staffing shortages would harm the environment during a historic drought.