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Australia regulator seeks to understand financial risks of climate change
Global financial regulators are worried frequent extreme weather events could displace entire communities leading to stranded assets and a plunge in property values which could result in crippling losses for the financial sector.
Warren Buffett touts wind energy following climate-change criticism
Companies are facing mounting pressure to detail their environmental impacts. Earlier this year, BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink said climate change is likely to upend global finance sooner than expected. It’s not the first time Buffett has cited the Iowa wind push: At Berkshire’s annual meeting last year, he brought it up when asked how his conglomerate scores on environmental, social and governance factors.
Round-the-clock power supply via renewable-thermal bundling: Draft policy
Accordingly, a power generating firm will have to supply electricity such that at least 51 per cent of the annual energy supplied corresponds to renewable energy and the balance is drawn from thermal sources.
UK watchdog to scrutinise how companies, auditors calculate climate risk
“Tackling climate change has implications across the board, including on corporate reporting,” Valdis Dombrovskis, the Commission’s Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for Peoples, said.
Global warming creating ‘Irreversible’ ice melt in Antarctica: Scientist
-The hottest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.94 degrees Fahrenheit) was taken at a research base there on Feb. 6. If hotter temperatures were to sustain they could cause an extreme global sea level rise.
“This will gradually displace people as it goes,” Thomas said. “We know this is already happening in small island communities and this will just continue to happen gradually as more and more houses are being inundated at high tide, then at normal tide and then even at low tide.”
Climate change could make premiums unaffordable: QBE Insurance
-The insurer said it has started to adjust its catastrophe models to factor in the expected impacts of climate change until 2100, and would assess the impact on its weather-related exposures from emissions and temperatures.
-In the short-term, QBE would manage higher claims by considering event frequency and severity in its capital planning and will deploy a comprehensive catastrophe reinsurance program, it said.
Munich Re targets growing global energy weather hedges
Munich Re competes with Swiss Re, Allianz and Japan’s Sompo in a market where policy prices are individualized and there is little public data.
Renewable insurance plays an important role in Asia’s energy transition:Willis Towers Watson
with the renewable energy industry particularly susceptible to weather volatility, index-based solutions are being increasingly used to address power generation risks, wind and low solar as well as power price volatility and power outages not linked to physical damage.
Most cities in India turning into ‘Urban Heat Islands’: warns IIT Study
“For the first time, we have found evidence of mean daytime temperature of Surface Urban Heat Island (UHI Intensity) going up to 2 degree Celsius for most cities, as analysed from satellite temperature measurements in monsoon and post-monsoon periods.”
Aim to manufacture, sell 1 mn ‘green vehicles’ over next few years: Maruti
The next million green vehicles from company will include a range of technologies and power trains such as CNGs, smart hybrids, strong hybrids and electric vehicles, he added.