New research has revealed the emergence of ‘climate abandonment areas’, which are locations that have lost population over the last two decades, from 2000 to 2020 due to climate change related flood risk.
Climate change is making it increasingly difficult for scientists to forecast extreme weather accurately in the short term. Climate change also implies that the world will have to learn to live through more unpredictable weather.
More than a third (41%) of the drivers participating in a new study in the UK, have turned off features in their car designed to keep them safe. Most drivers said they had switched off life-saving vehicle technology because they find it annoying.
As the number of climate change associated disasters increases, more people are also being forced to flee their homes, especially in Asia, according to Switzerland based organisation Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
Tropical forests in Southeast Asia could be more resilient to climate change than widely assumed so long as a diverse landscape is allowed to remain in place, according to new research by the University of Sydney.
Supply chain security is the biggest challenge for cyber insurance buyers, according to global insurance broker Marsh.
As cyber risks improve and insurers show increased appetite for these risks, capacity for this line of insurance business is also ample to meet the current demand.
Several sovereigns in the Asia-Pacific region are highly exposed to physical risks from climate change, however, their adaptation capacity to these risks is limited, according to Fitch Ratings.