Arquivo da tag: climate risk

EU: COP28 must commit to peak emissions, stop new coal

Publicado em 07/11/2023 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

By Kira Taylor, Euractiv The next international climate conference, COP28[*], must lead to concrete pledges to peak global emissions and stop building new coal power plants, according to Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera, who will represent the EU 27 … Continuar lendo →

Climate Destruction Fuels Growing Sector of the US Economy

Publicado em 05/10/2023 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

The cost of the climate crisis keeps going up.

In terms of damage to the atmosphere and life on Earth, this may seem obvious. But the overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. Now, new data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number to the cost of burning fossil fuels.

It’s averaged about $500 billion a year since 2016. That’s equal to about 2% of US gross domestic product, according to Bloomberg Intelligence senior ESG climate analyst Andrew John Stevenson. Those figures represent the combined expenses from property damages, power outages, government spending and construction-surge inflation at the state level, he says. Continuar lendo →

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From Rome to Glasgow, between fakes and ‘pedaling’: Bolsonaro’s Brazil at the G20 and COP26

Publicado em 02/11/2021 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

By Antonio Carlos Teixeira, publisher of the blog TerraGaia Prologue The 26th edition of the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, COP26, is the most important global event for the discussion of issues related to climate change … Continuar lendo →

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IPCC: Human influence has warmed climate at ‘unprecedented’ rate

Publicado em 17/08/2021 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

In a new landmark report, the IPCC has found that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. By Rachel Cooper at Climate Action The report, prepared by 234 scientists from … Continuar lendo →

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Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC 2021 Report

Publicado em 10/08/2021 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in … Continuar lendo →

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Global Climate 500 Index 2016: Insurance Sector Analysis

Publicado em 28/07/2016 por Antonio Carlos Teixeira

Executive Summary Insurers must wake up to the risks of climate change and back the low-carbon economy Climate change poses a double threat to the insurance industry. It faces mounting costs from claims relating to the physical impacts of climate change and knock-on … Continuar lendo →