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Although the subject of climate change and its effect on our planet has been debated for decades, there has been slow reaction from leading industrial countries to take drastic steps to alter the amount of chemical pollution that continues to weaken ...

Global warming is not to blame for recent flooding and high tides in Bermuda, an oceanographer said yesterday. Ruth Curry, physical oceanographer at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, said that two factors were responsible for the high water th...

Sea levels around the Island are rising by an average of 2mm per year due to global climate change, according to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), and that number is expected to increase. “Decades of tidal gauge measurements, as well as...

A renewed focus on climate change and insurance has led the Bank of England (BoE) to question insurers throughout the United Kingdom on their own risk management in the face of rising carbon levels, the Financial Times (FT) is reporting. This follow...

Ace Ltd, Allianz and XL Group, all with significant presences in Bermuda, are among just nine insurance sector players best prepared to manage climate change-related risk, according to US-based advocacy group Ceres. In a report that authors Ceres des...

Ace Ltd, Allianz and XL Group, all with significant presences in Bermuda, are among just nine insurance sector players best prepared to manage climate change-related risk, according to US-based advocacy group Ceres. In a report that authors Ceres des...

Global warming could have a significant and direct impact on the Island and its residents, according to environmental group Greenrock. A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that average sea levels will rise...

Earlier this month, countries from around the world agree the “Durban platform”, designed to lead to cuts in carbon emissions and therefore reduce the effects of climate change. That agreement did not get a great deal of attention, perhaps because th...

Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt gave a unique insight into tackling the issue of global warming during his visit to Bermuda this week. Mr Levitt, who was the keynote speaker at the Capital G Private Wealth Conference held at the Rosewood Tucker’...