by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Between 2001 and 2018, UN-Water reported that a staggering 74 per cent of all natural disasters were water-related The recent UN climate change conference, COP27, in Egypt, urged governments to further integrate water into adaptation efforts, the first-time water has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 2, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
In 2021, high impact weather and climate events led to hundreds of fatalities, directly affected more than half a million people and caused economic damages exceeding $50 billion. About 84 per cent of the events were floods or storms As the climate continues to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 12, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
“I think that if we don’t do anything, if we don’t make our energy system more resilient to climate change, there will be as big a disruption in the energy system as the war,” Roberta Boscolo, WMO climate and energy lead told Reuters as the UN agency launched a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Over the past 50 years, every single day, they have caused on average 43 deaths and $78 million in damages, according to WMO statistics from 1970-2019 However, based on the data, death tolls have fallen dramatically. This development is thanks to improvements in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
The heatwave is also acting as a lid, trapping atmospheric pollutants, including particulate matter, resulting in a degradation of air quality and adverse health effects, particularly to vulnerable people, explained Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at WMO’s Global...
