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Restricting ESG strategies distorts financial market outcomes.  As investor interest in funds with environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles has increased, legislation restricting public sector activity with funds that pursue ESG-friendly principles has been proposed or passed in 17 states.  As a result, th ...

Over the last two decades, the global re/insurance sector has experienced an increasing number of major natural catastrophes, such as winter storms, forest fires, severe heat waves and heavy flooding.  Countries around the world are suffering the effects of climate change, which contribute to more frequent and extreme ...

Flooding is increasing due to climate change, urbanization and land-use changes.  Nature-based solutions (NBS) are commonly used as innovative and sustainable methods of flood risk management.  In addition to reducing flood risk, NBS also offer economic and ecological benefits for society and the environment.  However, ...

Global climate is constantly changing and global warming is moving faster than the best models can handle.  Assessing the future impact of influencing factors requires hundreds of years of simulations while we are moving further and further away from our reference points.   “We are asking a lot of the models” because m ...

Implementation of the Agenda 2030 is faltering and politicians and business representatives continue to shirk their responsibilities to make the world more socially, economically and ecologically sustainable.  The opportunists from politics and industry and the tricks of the climate change deniers encourage the decisio ...