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Net-Zero Emissions Pledges by Big Global Companies Have ‘Credibility Gaps’: Report

Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with "major credibility gaps" found among the world's largest companies, according to a new ...

U.S. Sees More Deadly Billion-Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar

The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021 while the nation's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6 percent because ...

Insurers Join Initiative to Slash Carbon Emissions From Global Shipping

Leading companies in the marine insurance industry have joined an initiative linking their underwriting activities with the cutting of carbon emissions from global shipping as pressure builds on the ...

Eight Global Insurers, Reinsurers Unveil Net-Zero Climate Alliance

Eight of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies on Sunday launched an alliance to help speed up a transition to a net zero emissions economy. The companies, which include Europe's ...

Climate Change Spurs Britain’s Biggest Investor to Drop AIG, Others From Some Funds

Legal & General Investment Management, Britain's biggest asset manager, said on Tuesday it would drop four companies from a number of its funds over their "insufficient" response to the challenge ...

Zurich Insurance Deepens Climate Change Strategy

Zurich Insurance Group said it will be taking further, deeper steps to help curb carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement's goals to limit global warming. Targets will include its own ...

The UK’s Legal & General Wants Government to Lower Emissions From British Buildings

Legal & General called on Friday for the British government to introduce tighter building regulations to reduce carbon emissions in order to reach its net zero target by 2050. Britain said this ...

EU Mulls Energy Taxes to Counter Climate Change, Reduce Carbon Emissions

The European Union is considering new energy taxes, including on the aviation sector, to meet its climate targets, top officials said on Friday, with Germany calling for "drastic steps" to reduce ...

Global Emissions Reach Record, Thanks to Growing Energy Demands

Carbon emissions from fossil-fuel use hit a record last year after energy demand grew at its fastest pace in a decade, reflecting higher oil consumption in the U.S. and more coal burning in China and ...

EU Agrees to Sizable Carbon Emissions Reduction Goal for Cars

The European Union agreed on Monday to a goal of cutting carbon emissions from cars by 37.5 percent in a decade, finally settling differences between vehicle-producing countries and ...