by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 29, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Policy
Fossil fuels are the main culprit, accounting for over 75 per cent of global GHG emissions, but ditching them for renewable energy is easier said than done, especially for poor countries in the Global South. They depend on them for jobs and cheap energy, and lack...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 22, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
Hurricane Maria that hit the Carribean island of Dominica in 2017 caused damage equivalent to 226 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP).Floods in Pakistan in 2022 and cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015 caused damages worth 9 per cent and 64 per cent of their...