Insurance warning on climate
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Global warming will lead to heftier insurance claims in the long-term, insurer Swiss Re has warned.
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Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.
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Wind, rain, floods. All cause damage--and are to blame for some states' super-high home insurance rates.
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Global warming is set to continue, and bring with it an increase in extreme weather such as hurricanes and droughts, scientists from the United Nations&#39; World Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday.
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Global warming is threatening travel destinations worldwide. What's more, travelers themselves are contributing to it. Find out what you can do about it.
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The U.N. climate panel issued its toughest warning yet on Friday that human activities are to blame for global warming and projected a damaging, accelerating rise in temperatures in the 21st century.
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Global warming is set to continue, and bring with it an increase in extreme weather such as hurricanes and droughts, scientists from the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday.
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The prime minister issues a dire warning on climate change as he sets out policies to tackle it.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.
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"The relatively low losses can be explained by the tracks of the hurricanes _ no major hurricanes reaching the US mainland, as in 2006"  Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, a leading reinsurer said Thursday, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the U.S.Munich Re warned that climate change could mean a growing number of weather-related catastrophes in coming years.'The trend in respect of weather extremes shows that climate change is already taking effect and that more such extremes are to be expected in the future,' board member Torsten Jeworrek said in a statement. 'We should not be misled by the absence of megacatastrophes in 2007.' Read more
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Plans to protect Britain do not heed the risk of rising river levels caused by global warming, finds study.
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The U.N. climate panel is set to issue its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are causing a damaging global warming likely to bring more heatwaves, droughts and rising seas.
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Science & environment: Government's scorecard on combating climate change fails to add up amid fears over the economy
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A rise of 1 degree Celsius could be enough to trigger 'dangerous' warming, scientists warn.
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A rise in deaths owing to global warming heatwaves will not be offset by milder winters, research claims.
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People should be scared about global warming, says David Miliband as he unveils plans to boost wind power.
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PARIS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Hundreds of flights by subsidised airlines in  Europe  are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer.  For now, they fly  free of environmental regulations.