Klimado Index · United Kingdom
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Klimado Index · United Kingdom
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Disturbingly, the human cost of natural disasters reached unprecedented heights last year: 74,000 lives were lost globally in 2023 as a result of natural disasters according to an assessment by Munich Re, a leading provider of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. This, Munich Re writes, is “well above the annual average of the
In a proactive move to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) was launched in 2021 by the United Nations. This collaborative initiative brought together insurance companies committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in their underwriting and investment activities. The primary goal of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance is to mobilize
This story on insuring extreme weather disasters originally appeared in the Deutsche Welle (DW) and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. At first, the insurance companies didn’t know what had hit them. Summer rains had been pouring for weeks in the summer of 2021. The soil
Dutch asset manager PGGM Adjusts for climate change impacts The Dutch asset manager PGGM is shifting its focus to the holdings most exposed to climate change in its investment portfolio. Such analyses will help PGGM improve aspects of future investments, such as purchased building locations. PGGM’s holdings throughout roughly four thousand assets worldwide total to