by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 10, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Temperatures in southern Africa rose at twice the global rate on average in the five years leading up to 2019, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Yet insurers are undeterred, with some looking to expand even in vulnerable...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2022 | Data, Health, Pandemic
The specialised healthcare agency of the African Union said the death toll across the continent stands at 252,771 and nearly 10,892,454 patients have recovered from the disease so far The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 11,570,885, the Africa...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Preliminary analysis suggests that as many as 1.7 billion people in 107 economies are exposed to at least one of the three risks highlighted by the Global Crisis Response Group “The war is supercharging a three-dimensional crisis – food, energy and finance –...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
“While our analysis clearly shows that climate change made the storms more damaging, our ability to establish precisely by how much was hampered by inconsistent data and lack of weather observations. This would also help to improve forecasts of extreme weather events...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 14, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced concern that even though more than 9.4 billion vaccine doses have now been administered globally, 90 countries did not reach the target of vaccinating 40 per cent of their populations by the end of last year, and...