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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change brings risks of more frequent and more intense bushfires, storm surges, coastal flooding, inland flooding, cyclones, droughts and other extreme weather events. "To my mind, it seems likely that such events will give rise to a huge drain ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... heatwaves, and heavy precipitation, agricultural and ecological droughts in some regions, and proportion of intense tropical cyclones, as well as reductions in Arctic sea ice, snow cover and permafrost." The investment management sector has reacted with ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change will cause more fires, hailstorms and cyclones across Australia, resulting in greater property, personal and economic damage, and hardship for Australian communities, warns insurer IAG. IAG has released the second edition of the Severe ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... quantitative research, Amundi Natural disasters like the bushfires in New South Wales and California, hurricanes and cyclones, their frequency and intensity, and the impacts of climate change have all been headline news, but Amundi believes there is ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 only covered ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... decades means that investors in Australian industries must consider how those companies will be affected by more intense cyclones, higher average temperatures, less water availability, more hot days, increased storm surges and more hailstorms. "We had ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... areas. For example, the issue of infrastructure fragility is also interrelated with other risks, such as the impact of cyclones, flooding and fire. "Infrastructure is playing out in people's mind in a direct way," said Allt-Graham. "The dollars that ...

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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