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Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... community and reinforces the predictions from the original report, which show that extreme bushfires, tropical cyclones, storms, hail and floods are becoming more frequent and intense in a warmer world - and the increase in global temperatures to date ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... global temps rise, you would see particularly southern Australia have less rain, with more extreme weather events, floods, storms, droughts," Oliver said. A natural outworking of more extreme droughts gives us the situation where we are now. Put you ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... risks and adaptation risk. "It's a tricky problem for physical impacts, because you're looking at increased heat waves, storms, floods, winds and other impacts of climate change," Nunn noted. "In 2017, we hired a consultant and did a portfolio wide climate ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... competitiveness with conventional power generation." In Australia, power supply security after recent power outages during storms in SA will contribute to the government's review of climate change policy. "In addition to the federal Climate Policy Review ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance. "It's comprehensive coverage - there are 14 peril events in the policy that covers things like storms, flooding, cyclones, fire, theft, malicious damage and tsunami and earthquake. In comparison, during the pilot, the policy ...

Carnegie Wave Energy launches Perth Wave Energy Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... CETO technology moves with the waves to drive tethered seabed pumps and operates under water, providing protection from storms and corrosion. These pumps feed high pressure water onshore to the hydroelectric power station and desalination plant, supplying ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... identifying risk, Bulla said. "Where a city recognized the same risk as a company - whether that be increased rainfall, storms and floods, sea level rise, drought or increased temperatures - in 96% of cases the city was also delivering initiatives that ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... researched this before, so any explanation is merely conjecture, but maybe large companies in general feel able to weather any storms that brew up over governance issues, whereas smaller companies possibly see governance as more important," the Inalytics ...

Greens call on Future Fund to divest from coal companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... dramatic impact on our climate. Global warming is already increasing our risk of floods, bushfires, heat waves and dangerous storms, so why would we allow the fund to prop up the companies which make our future even more uncertain?" Milne said that fossil ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Climate change is the top perceived risk to Australia, with inadequate R&D investment, flooding, storms and cyclones, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility also figuring in a list of top 10 risks based on their likelihood of happening ...
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