Analysis: First U.S. coral insurance marks the rise of the reef brigades 23/11/2022

Conservation group The Nature Conservancy's vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs. ...more

France's summer heatwaves likely to have caused 2,816 additional deaths 23/11/2022

Three successive heatwaves and COVID-19 are likely to have caused more than 10,000 additional deaths in France during this summer, the health ministry said. ...more

Morgan Stanley IM launches $1 bln climate-focused private equity strategy 23/11/2022

Morgan Stanley Investment Management said on Monday it had launched a new $1 billion private equity strategy to invest in companies which will remove 1 gigaton of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere by 2050 or prevent that amount entering the atmosphere. ...more

US approves largest dam removal in history to save endangered salmon 23/11/2022

A US agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal undertaking in US history. ...more

Key takeaways from the COP27 climate summit in Egypt 22/11/2022

This year's U.N. climate summit featured visits by world leaders, proposals by business leaders, and negotiations by nearly 200 nations about the future of global action on climate change. ...more

Explainer: Who will pay for climate 'loss and damage'? 22/11/2022

The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a "loss and damage" fund to support poorer countries being ravaged by climate impacts, overcoming decades of resistance from wealthy nations whose historic emissions have fuelled climate change. ...more

Analysis: COP27 does little for next month's global agenda: nature loss 22/11/2022

The U.N. climate talks in Egypt closed on Sunday with a resolution to address the dual crises of climate change and nature loss, but did little to boost next month's global meeting on biodiversity. ...more

China's CO2 emissions fall but policies still not aligned with long-term goals 22/11/2022

China's greenhouse gas emissions have been in decline since last year but could still be some way from their peak, with the country's policies still not fully aligned with long-term goals to limit temperature increases, a survey of Chinese experts said on Monday. ...more

Nearly half replanted trees do not survive past five years 22/11/2022

A team of researchers established that approximately half of all trees planted to restore tropical forests in Asia do not survive beyond five years. ...more

COP27 deal delivers landmark on 'loss and damage', but little else 21/11/2022

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters - but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them. ...more