by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Technology
The transition to clean energy requires enormous public investment in electricity generation and distribution, in addition to the far larger expense of mitigating the damage caused by rising temperatures. Further delay will increase the public and private costs more...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The proceeding is Asia’s first such climate-related litigation, the plaintiffs said, which includes four petitions by children and infants among others dating from 2020, as well as one from a foetus at the time, nicknamed Woodpecker. South Korea’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, whose pension fund and insurer signatories manage $9.5 trillion in assets, said the new Target-Setting Protocol was its most ambitious yet to help halve emissions by 2030 and get to net-zero emissions by mid-century The world’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 12, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance, Risk Management
It’s “going to have a significant impact on the other pending cases before the European Court,” said Tom Cummins, partner at British multinational law firm Ashurst. There are seven lawsuits pending at the ECtHR that rest their argument on the same...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2024 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
This is the first time a regional human rights court has ruled that countries can violate human rights by failing to reduce their climate-warming emissions fast enough.The Court said it interpreted the European Convention on Human Rights language on a right to private...
