by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2026 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The World Bank report shows that all large middle-income economies have now either implemented or are planning direct carbon pricing instruments, with the most significant developments in the past year in India and Viet Nam WASHINGTON: Carbon pricing revenues have...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2026 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
For cat bond investors, “current signals point to lower activity and losses in the Gulf, but relatively higher risk in the South- and Northeast, especially for stronger events,” Schroders said in a recent note. “This creates scope for portfolio repositioning ahead of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2025 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Catastrophe insurance backed by catastrophe bonds are part of the World Bank’s Crisis Preparedness and Response toolkit which provides developing countries with an innovative suite of tools to better respond to crises and prepare for future shocks. This includes fast...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
The number of Indians living in cities is projected to nearly double to 951 million by 2050 from 480 million in 2020. But erratic rainfall, heatwaves, and rising sea levels are leaving urban areas in the world’s most populous nation increasingly vulnerable, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 25, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
The five most populous states–Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh–accounted for 65 percent of the country’s extreme poor in 2011-12 and contributed to two-thirds of the overall decline in extreme poverty by...
