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Reinsurers rank climate change as the top risk facing the global insurance industry, a survey by the professional services firm PwC has revealed. The organisation said that many respondents to its Insurance Banana Skins 2021 Survey pointed to a sharp...

The future of island nations such as Bermuda depends on the world meeting its climate goals, a government minister warned at the weekend. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told an audience at COP26 – a global climate summit held in Glasgow,...

The concern that world leaders are unable to come together to agree on, and resolve, the earth’s climate change challenges has been somewhat mitigated during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow by other groups, including the (re)insur...

Sunday’s start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is being overshadowed by a new PwC report that casts doubt on the ability of world governments to reach their primary objective, as a step towards saving the planet. Even after th...

Young Bermudians will get the chance to meet trailblazer activists from around the world at a major climate change summit to be held on the island next month. The youngest member on the US White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a 14-year...

An island research organisation has teamed up with a US university to study the role of the ocean in climate change. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has joined forces with Arizona State University’s Global Futures Laboratory to carry out the ...

An international ratings agency was wrong in its assessment that the island “lagged” behind in the creation of ways to tackle climate change, the home affairs minister insisted today. Walter Roban said he disagreed with the Kroll Bond Rating Agency r...

Bermuda is poised to play an important global role in building resilience to climate risk, a sovereign surveillance report on the country has determined. But the island lags in steps needed to address its own defence. The report points to gaps in the...

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has signed on to the Insurers’ Principles for Climate Change Adaptation drawn up by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) with support from the property casualty insuranc...

Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in after slightly scaled-down plans to address coastal erosion at the beach were approved. Plans originally submitted proposed completely filling a series of caves on the eastern side of the Smit...

We reached an unacceptable level of discarded ocean plastic long ago. At this point, any plastic that ends up in the ocean is one piece too many. Bermuda’s government and environmental activists are rightly looking for Bermudians to do their part in...

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, has launched a Carbon Footprint Assessment & Reporting service to meet growing market demand. The new offering helps funds and companies to measure the sources of emissions, implement plans to r...