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 coming years.
Hardline groups planning June protests accused the EU of “deliberately exterminating its own farmers” at the MCC Brussels event.
The far right is set to piggyback on agricultural discontent to capture votes in June.
A Q&A with DeSmog reporter Justin Nobel about his revelatory new book, Petroleum-238.
Fossil fuel industry efforts to delay inquiries highlight its sense of impunity – and echo tactics used to obstruct climate action and deceive the public.
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