As many as 8 million UK workers are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence with current ...
Climate Tech Firm to Pilot Fast-Paying Flood Insurance in Africa
Climate change is particularly perilous for small farmers. Warmer conditions are resulting in more damaging bouts of rain and drought, but traditional crop insurance products are often...
Climate change is particularly perilous for small farmers. Warmer conditions are resulting in more damaging bouts of rain and drought, but traditional crop insurance products are often...
Article / 28 days ago
Brazil Subsidized Rural Insurance for Deforested Farms: Report
Brazil subsidized rural insurance for farmers who deforested protected areas, engaged in slavery-like labor or planted in indigenous lands, according to a report from a nonprofit group....
Brazil subsidized rural insurance for farmers who deforested protected areas, engaged in slavery-like labor or planted in indigenous lands, according to a report from a nonprofit group....
Article / 2 months ago
EU Recommends Ambitious 2040 Climate Target, Goes Light on Farming
The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, a n ambitious target that will test...
The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, a n ambitious target that will test...
Article / 2 months ago
French Farmers Head Home but Anger Spreads Elsewhere in Europe
Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France started...
Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France started...
Article / 2 months ago
Farmer Protests Disrupt Belgian Supermarkets' Supply Chain
Protesting farmers have blocked the distribution centers of Colruyt, one of Belgium's biggest supermarket chains, a spokesperson confirmed, while...
Protesting farmers have blocked the distribution centers of Colruyt, one of Belgium's biggest supermarket chains, a spokesperson confirmed, while...
Article / 2 months ago
Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap
When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Article / 2 months ago
Study: Manmade Warming Increasing Drought in Western U.S.
Manmade warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts, across Western North America in...
Manmade warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts, across Western North America in...
Article / 2 months ago
China Offers Insurance to Rubber Producers to Encourage Higher Output
China's government said on Monday it has started offering insurance for natural rubber producers, to encourage higher output and increase the country's...
China's government said on Monday it has started offering insurance for natural rubber producers, to encourage higher output and increase the country's...
Article / 4 months ago
Jury Orders Egg Suppliers to Pay $17.7M in Damages for Price Gouging in 2000s
A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages – an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law – to several food manufacturing...
A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages – an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law – to several food manufacturing...
Article / 4 months ago
Governments Increasingly Will Foot Bill for Climate Risks as Insurers Exit: Report
As insurers start to pull out from markets battered by the fallout of climate change, governments are increasingly at risk of having to foot the bill, according to the...
As insurers start to pull out from markets battered by the fallout of climate change, governments are increasingly at risk of having to foot the bill, according to the...
Article / 4 months ago