by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy, Risk Management
Vanuatu, one of the small island states that has spearheaded the effort to get the World Court to give a so-called advisory opinion, was the first of more than 100 states and international organisations to give its views during two weeks of proceedings THE HAGUE:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 24, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management
The showdown over financing for developing countries comes in a year scientists predict will be the hottest on record. Climate woes are stacking up, with widespread flooding killing thousands across Africa, deadly landslides burying villages in Asia, and drought in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 14, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The data also shows the 10 countries most affected by climate change between 2000 and 2019 received just $23bn, less than two per cent of all climate finance, despite accounting for nine per cent of the world’s population. The 750 million people now living in these...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Intermediaries
The appeals court in The Hague said Shell had a responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect people from global warming. But it dismissed the 2021 ruling that ordered Shell to cut its absolute carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
The IFRC policy with insurance broker Aon is the first of its kind for the aid sector. It was triggered in mid-September by the deadly Asian Typhoon Yagi, which tipped total disaster spending over the 33 million Swiss franc ($37.84 million) mark, and the fund has...
