All Environmental Risk articles – Page 16
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UN backs IPCC
Inquiry recommends fundamental reform of the IPCC following climate change scandal
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Infographic: Global risks spectrum
36 economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological risks mapped
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US financially unprepared for next catastrophe
Current disaster preparedness plan relies too heavily on retrospective insurance, says lobby
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Plight of the honeybee
Pesticides, parasites, disease – the growing list of aggressors against the humble honeybee is causing the population to die out and, Emily Miller warns, the ramifi cations will be huge
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Special Report: Environmental risk
Don’t be fooled by the EU’s new environment directive. Each member state has its own take on the new environmental accountability rules. And the onus is very much on multinational companies to get to grips with what each country is serving up – to ensure they are adequately covered across ...
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Environmental Special Report: Going green is key
The Environmental Liability Directive has brought with it a new urgency to take environment risk seriously. Despite other financial pressures, companies can’t afford to let green issues slip down the priority list
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Continental shift
The Environmental Liability Directive has been on the agenda for years, but now that it has reached all corners of Europe, multinational organisations no longer have any excuse for turning a blind eye to the consequences of their environmental actions
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Time to clean up your cover
While regulations bringing in the ‘polluter pays’ principle came into force in the EU some three years ago, experts fear many companies think only ‘heavy’ industries are at risk. Just relying on your public liability policy could end in fi nancial disaster
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Trends in the emerging world
Growing emerging market economies offer significant opportunities, says Eurasia Group
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Food most at risk in Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Africa topped a food security risk index
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Spanish companies ignorant of environmental risk
A survey by a leading insurer finds that half the businesses in Spain don’t have environmental insurance
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Russian wildfires release hazardous gases
Moscow’s air contains dangerous levels of tiny particles, warn health officials
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Emerging risk management still “ineffective”
Oliver Wyman research finds most boards receive emerging risk data infrequently
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Gulf leak is worst ever
Officials confirmed that BP’s Gulf oil spill is the world’s worst accidental leak
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East London rainfall increases tenfold
New research found rainy days of 25mm have become more frequent
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Cutbacks expose new risks for public sector
Government austerity present unique challenges for risk managers in the public sector, says Zurich
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Insurance costs to increase ‘modestly’ for offshore energy risks
The Gulf spill will not harden the energy market as much as Hurricane Katrina, says Marsh