by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 9, 2022 | International News
David Gressly, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, made the appeal saying the FSO Safer tanker is “a time bomb” because a major oil spill from it “would unleash a massive ecological and humanitarian catastrophe centered on a country already...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the group of 16 experts will analyze the net-zero plans of companies, investors, cities and regions in order to develop stringent and transparent standards to ensure they deliver their promises WASHINGTON: The United...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization With the trend expected to worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, “there is a need to invest $1.5 billion” in the next five years to predict when extreme events might occur,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
By one estimate, as many as 40 million people in South Asia may be forced to move over the next 30 years because of a lack of water, crop failure, storm surges and other disasters No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
Plastic pollution soared from two million tonnes in 1950, to 348 million tonnes in 2017, becoming a global industry valued at $522.6 billion, said UNEP. It is expected to double in capacity, by 2040 The impacts of plastic production and pollution on the triple...
