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ESG row as insurer’s response criticised

An underwriter has hit back after being criticised by climate campaigners for its ESG statement

Clean energy offers $23 trillion opportunity – Granholm

As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the United Nations it was time for humankind to grow up and tackle climate change

AI set to identify climate tipping points

A deep learning algorithm is set to become a vital warning system against runaway climate change

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Karen Clark warns of $30 billion Californian wildfire loss

Insurers could face a loss in excess of $30 billion from an extreme fire in California, according to Karen Clark, CEO of Boston-based catastrophe modelling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC)

China’s overseas coal-fired power plant promise could have $50 billion impact

China’s pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could impact $50 billion of earmarked projects, according to analysts

Tens of millions in danger as air quality plummets - WHO

Air pollution has been ranked alongside climate change as one of the biggest threats to human life in a hard hitting new report by the World Health Organization (WHO)