Deadly floods’ $20 billion toll shows Asia’s rising climate risk

Deadly floods’ $20 billion toll shows Asia’s rising climate risk

by | Dec 5, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management

“Climate change is undeniably fueling more severe flooding in Southeast Asia,” said Davide Faranda, research director in climate physics at the French National Center for Scientific Research who led a study on Vietnam’s November floods Devastating floods have killed...
UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan

UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan

by | Nov 23, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Technology

“I cannot pretend that COP30 has delivered everything that is needed. The gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide.”U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres BELEM, Brazil: After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations...
Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia

Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia

by | Aug 8, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management

The Himalayan region, which crosses Nepal and several nearby countries including India, is especially vulnerable to heavy rains, floods and landslides because the area is warming up faster than the rest of the world due to human-caused climate change. Climate experts...