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By Daniel Lawler PARIS, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – Humanity faces an “unprecedented” risk from tipping points that could unleash a domino effect of irreversible catastrophes across the planet, researchers warned Wednesday. The most comprehensive assessment ever conducted of Earth’s invisible tripwires was released as leaders meet for UN climate talks in Dubai with 2023 set to smash all heat records. While many of the 26 tipping points laid out in the report — such […]
By Kevin TRUBLET Natural disasters are now happening so frequently that reinsurers — the firms that sell insurance to insurance companies — are scaling back their exposure to such risks. While this may make business sense, it raises the question of whether individuals and businesses will be able to protect themselves against the effects of climate change if their insurance companies cannot even get coverage themselves. Just weeks after wildfires caused major damage in Hawaii […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Earthquakes, floods, storms — the world is not adequately prepared to face increasing disasters, said a report published Tuesday calling for a rethink on global risk management. Since 1990, more than 10,700 disasters have affected over six billion people worldwide, according to data from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. In 2015, the international community adopted global goals to lower casualties and damage by the year 2030 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A sharp increase in forest fires stoked record losses in global forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Monday. The alarming pace of destruction — 51 percent higher than the prior year with a loss of 73.4 million acres (29.7 million hectares), according to data from the University of Maryland — was partially due to climate change that has increased […]
