As coastal guardians scramble to save these valuable ecosystems, the emergence of parametric insurance products is releasing the necessary funds. By Emma Bryce, September 27, 2023A researcher at work in Puerto Morelos Reef National Park, Mexico (Image: Alamy)On 7 October 2020, Mélina Soto hunkered down in the Mexican port town of Puerto Morelos as Hurricane Delta struck the coast she calls home at 110 miles per hour. “The sound of the wind
Climate experts offer their views on Rishi Sunak’s weakening of net zero policies. By Aron White, September 26, 2023Then-chancellor Rishi Sunak at the COP26 UN climate change summit in Glasgow, November 2021. Now prime minister, he announced last week his decision to postpone or water down some of the UK’s deadlines related to planet-heating emissions. (Image: Stefan Rousseau / Alamy)On 20 September 2023, British prime minister Rishi Sunak,
The UN’s Global Stocktake is effectively a to-do list for the climate. Countries know where they need to be, but will they get there? By Catherine Early, September 26, 2023China experienced its hottest recorded temperature in July, when a remote township in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, reached 52.2C (Image: Alamy)The climate movement is gearing up to the next round of international negotiations, at COP28 in November and December. Several
Renewable energy projects have yet to appear in droves, but new coal power projects have largely been halted. By You Xiaoying, September 19, 2023An engineer poses before turbines at the Zhanatas wind farm, Kazakhstan, 17 May 2023. It was in the central Asian country, ten years ago, that Xi Jinping announced what would become the Belt and Road Initiative. (Image: Alamy)Developing countries have “huge interest” in Chinese companies and institutions
