by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades.Scientists and foreign diplomats have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: Snow, ice and some of the most frigid temperatures in decades in the southern United States will produce insured losses “in the billions of dollars,” Moody’s said in new commentary released on Feb. 17. Texas was particularly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
PARIS: Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after side-effects led hospital staff and other front-line workers to call in sick, putting extra strain on already-stretched services.Such...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Thursday it was suing Slovakia for years-long breaches of legal limits on air pollution and started legal action against Germany and Slovenia for falling short on nature conservation and water treatment.Air pollution in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: The number of subscribers under government-run pension schemes NPS and APY rose nearly 22 per cent to 4.05 crore at January-end this year, according to data from PFRDA. There were over 3.33 crore subscribers under both the schemes by the year-ago same...
