by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 14, 2022 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography
The first quarter is typically the quietest of the year, though 2022 marked the sixth consecutive year to record more than $10 billion in insured losses The preliminary Q1 overall economic loss was $31 billion. Public and private insurers covered $14 billion of this...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 14, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Technology
Although NFTs could contribute to China’s digital economy, they could also lead to speculative trading, money laundering, and illegal financing, said the trio, who also issued a joint ban on cryptocurrency trading last year NFTs must not be used in the issuance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 14, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
Almost 2,000 climate change-related lawsuits have been launched around the world to date, the bulk in the last seven years, London’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment showed Britain on [April 6] became the first G20 country to make it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
Inflation readings across the region — China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and South Korea — recently rose more than forecast, while New Zealand on Wednesday hiked rates by the most in 22 years over price worries. And accelerating manufacturing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy
In a joint statement, the leaders of the four institutions warned that the war in Ukraine was adding to existing pressures from the COVID-19 crisis, climate change and increased fragility and conflict, threatening millions of people worldwide The World Bank,...
